Phedias And Polykleitos Analysis

By the Late Classical Period and late 5th century, sculptors worked within the rules and standards of ideal proportion and the human figure set by Phedias and Polykleitos. The Late Classical sculptor, Praxiteles, carved from marble Hermes and the Infant Dionysos, although what survives is possibly a copy from the romans or Hellenistic period. Hermes has a small head then the figures before, his body is also sensual and in a graceful loose-limb stance. The significance about this sculpture is the interaction and narrative shared between the two subjects. Praxiteles’ Aphrodite for The City Kindos, took the female figure out of drapery into the full nude, which during this time was a representation of a lower status. The narrative is of the goddess