Powers, H. H. (Harry Huntington), 1859-1936 · New York : Macmillan Co. · leaf 218
comparison. The theme of Polyclitus, like that of Myron, is the athlete, ornearly allied subjects. Unlike Myron, however, he does notrepresent the athlete in action. He is a student of pose ratherthan of action or of mere form. His fame was enormously in-creased in antiquity by the composition of a… … Fig. 81, — Doryphorus. National Museum, Naples. 202 The Message c Greek Art laid down in which the width of the middle finger was taken asa unit, and all other dimensions of the body were specified interms of this unit. Questions of attitude and pose were dis-posed of in a similar manner. The…
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