Polykleitos, the Doryphoros, and Tradition

Métraux, Guy P. R.; Moon, Warren G.

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“…5,6 Studies of human proportionality and symmetry are deeply rooted in art, design, and historythe first significant research into human anatomic proportions is generally attributed to the Greek sculptor Polycleitos of Argos in the fifth century BC, who characterized ideal human proportions. 7 A number of sculptors, artists, and thinkers have since augmented these characterizations, including Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man in 1490, coming to perhaps the most famous anthropometrist of the modern era, Leslie Farkas. Farkas 8 large body of anthropometry research (colloquially known as "Farkas' norms") provides a set of facial soft tissue normal anatomic measurements for various demographic groups.…”

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Associations of Facial Proportionality, Attractiveness, and Character Traits

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Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

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Background: Facial proportionality and symmetry are positively associated with perceived levels of facial attractiveness. Objective: The aims of this study were to confirm and extend the association of proportionality with perceived levels of attractiveness and character traits and determine differences in attractiveness and character ratings between "anomalous" and "typical" faces using a large dataset. Methods: Ratings of 597 unique individuals from the Chicago Face Database were used. A formula was developed as a proxy of relative horizontal proportionality, where a proportionality score of "0" indicated perfect proportionality and more negative scores indicated less proportionality. Faces were categorized as "anomalous" or "typical" by 2 independent reviewers based on physical features. Results: Across the ratings for all faces, Spearman correlations revealed greater proportionality was associated with attractiveness (ρ = 0.292, P < 0.001) and trustworthiness (ρ = 0.193, P < 0.001), while lesser proportionality was associated with impressions of anger (ρ = 0.132, P = 0.001), dominance (ρ = 0.259, P < 0.001), and threateningness (ρ = 0.234, P < 0.001). Mann-Whitney U tests revealed the typical cohort had significantly higher levels of proportionality (-13.98 versus -15.14, P = 0.030) and ratings of attractiveness (3.39 versus 2.99, P < 0.001) and trustworthiness (3.48 versus 3.35, P < 0.001). Conclusions: This study demonstrated that facial proportionality is not only significantly associated with higher ratings of attractiveness, but also associated with judgements of trustworthiness.Proportionality plays a role in evoking negative attributions of personality characteristics to people with facial anomalies.

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Artists and Signatures in Ancient Greece

Hurwit¹

2015

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The Greeks inscribed their works of art and craft with labels identifying mythological or historical figures, bits of poetry, and claims of ownership. But no type of inscription is more hotly debated or more intriguing than the artist's signature, which raises questions concerning the role and status of the artist and the work of art or craft itself. In this book, Jeffrey M. Hurwit surveys the phenomenon of artists' signatures across the many genres of Greek art from the eighth to the first century BCE. Although the great majority of extant works lack signatures, the Greek artist nonetheless signed his products far more than any other artist of antiquity. Examining signatures on gems, coins, mosaics, wall-paintings, metalwork, vases, and sculptures, Hurwit argues that signatures help us assess the position of the Greek artist within his society as well as his conception of his own skill and originality.

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Breaking the Mould: Pliny’s Natural History 34.52 and Sculptural Technique

Hardiman

2004

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Les études sur ce passage ont tenté de rattacher le terme ars à un style artistique, mais n’ont réussi à expliquer ni la formule « abandon-puisrenaissance », présente dans l’extrait en question, ni la nature des styles artistiques hellénistiques. L’examen du passage montre qu’il renvoie plutôt à un processus technique. Ce processus peut être associé à un type de moulage du bronze qui passa de mode mais revint à l’honneur quand les exigences romaines firent revivre l’intérêt d’une méthode rapide de coulage. De nombreux concepts philosophiques, comme la mimesis et la symétrie, contribuent à une « théorie sculpturale » qui sous-tend ce processus.

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Polykleitos, the Doryphoros, and Tradition

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Associations of Facial Proportionality, Attractiveness, and Character Traits

Associations of Facial Proportionality, Attractiveness, and Character Traits

Artists and Signatures in Ancient Greece

Breaking the Mould: Pliny’s Natural History 34.52 and Sculptural Technique

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