"Ancient tradition considered Lysippos to be self-taught, because not only would he have arisen from humble origins, t…"

"The ancients magnified in him the elegance, the extreme finesse of the execution; and in fact we still find something…"

"The art of Lysippus presents itself as a Doric reaction against Attic art, which played an increasing part in sentime…"

"Lysippos was considered for the human figure as the creator of a canon opposite to that of Polycletus. He, while rema…"

"Famous work of a great contemporary master of Phidias, of Argive Polycletus, is the so-called doryphorus, i.e. the st…"

"He was the first to establish single-legged figures; he was the first to determine the proportions with a book on sym…"

"Polycletus is, after Phidias, the most respected name in the history of . In the idea of ​​beauty and diligence he is…"

"Polycletus was a sublime poet in his art, and tried to surpass the beauty of nature itself in his figures: therefore …"

"Statue of Zeus in Olympia"

"What would Phidias have done in a small and obscure state? Without great means, without him having been a protector o…"