Polyclitus

American  

[pol-i-klahy-tuhs] / ˌpɒl ɪˈklaɪ təs /

Also Polycleitus,

noun

1. flourished c450–c420 b.c., Greek sculptor.

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Polyclitus British  

/ ˌpɒlɪˈklaɪtəs, ˌpɒlɪˈkliːtəs /

noun

1. 5th-century _bc Greek sculptor, noted particularly for his idealized bronze sculptures of the male nude, such as the Doryphoros

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Polyclitus

He lives against the azure sky that reflects the Mediterranean, surrounded by olive groves that mantle mountains where the nobility of man has been the artist's ideal since the days of Polyclitus.

From Time Magazine Archive

She longed to see a most beautiful statue of the goddess of Argos, made by the great sculptor Polyclitus the Elder, who was said to be as great as his younger contemporary, Phidias.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

You remember, doubtless, that the σοφια, or αρετη πεχης, for the sake of which Phidias is called σοφος as a sculpture, and Polyclitus as an image-maker, Eth.

From Aratra Pentelici, Seven Lectures on the Elements of Sculpture Given before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1870 by Ruskin, John

In view of the exalted rank assigned to Polyclitus by Greek and Roman judgment, his identifiable works are a little disappointing.

From A History of Greek Art by Tarbell, Frank Bigelow

Polyclitus also made an Apoxyomenos, and, for all we know, other sculptors may have used the same motive.

From A History of Greek Art by Tarbell, Frank Bigelow