"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 …"

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

"And even if it were possible to establish models and precedents for all the individual details [of the Athena Parthen…"

"The great genius of the Athenian Phidias, who established himself as dominant towards the middle of the [5th century …"

"The forms, like those of Phidias, also have their development in the static. [...] No one else, after Phidias, has re…"

"There is nothing essential to find in art after Phidias and Raphael, but there is always more to be done, even after …"