Editing Polykleitos (section)

===Doryphoros===
Another statue created by Polykleitos is the ''[[Doryphoros]]'', also called the ''Spear bearer''. It is a typical Greek sculpture depicting the beauty of the male body. "Polykleitos sought to capture the ideal proportions of the human figure in his statues and developed a set of aesthetic principles governing these proportions that was known as the Canon or 'Rule'.<ref name=Anneberg>{{cite web |url=https://www.learner.org/series/art-through-time-a-global-view/the-body/doryphoros-canon/ | title = Art: Doryphoros (Canon) | series = Art Through Time: A Global View | publisher= [[Annenberg Learner]] | access-date= September 27, 2015}}</ref> He created the system based on mathematical ratios. "Though we do not know the exact details of Polykleitos’s formula, the end result, as manifested in the Doryphoros, was the perfect expression of what the Greeks called ''symmetria''.<ref name=Anneberg /> On this sculpture, it shows somewhat of a [[contrapposto]] pose; the body is leaning most on the right leg. The Doryphoros has an idealized body, contains less of naturalism. In his left hand, there was once a spear, but if so it has since been lost. The posture of the body shows that he is a warrior and a hero.<ref name= toah /><ref name=Anneberg /> Indeed, some have gone so far as to suggest that the figure depicted was Achilles, on his way to the Trojan War, as a similar depiction of Achilles carrying a shield is seen on a vase painted by the Achilles Painter at around the same time.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Greek vases 800-300 BC: key pieces|url=https://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/tools/pottery/painters/keypieces/redfigure/achilles.htm|access-date=2021-05-20|website=www.beazley.ox.ac.uk}}</ref>