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http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polykleitos
Polykleitos consciously created a new approach to sculpture; he wrote a treatise ( Kanon) and designed a male nude (also known as Kanon) exemplifying his aesthetic theories of the mathematical bases of artistic perfection, which motivated Kenneth Clark to place him among "the[ 4] great puritans of art":[ 4] His Kanon "got its name great puritans of art" His Kanon "got its name because it had a precise commensurability[ 5]( symmetria) of all the parts to one another"[ 5] "His( symmetria) of all the parts to one another" "His general aim was clarity, balance, and completeness; his sole medium of communication the naked body of an athlete, standing poised between movement and repose" Kenneth Clark observed.
Polykleitos consciously created a new approach to sculpture; he wrote a treatise ( Kanon) and designed a male nude (also known as Kanon) exemplifying his aesthetic theories of the mathematical bases of artistic perfection, which motivated Kenneth Clark to place him among "the[ 4] great puritans of art":[ 4] His Kanon "got its name great puritans of art" His Kanon "got its name because it had a precise commensurability[ 5]( symmetria) of all the parts to one another"[ 5] "His( symmetria) of all the parts to one another" "His general aim was clarity, balance, and completeness; his sole medium of communication the naked body of an athlete, standing poised between movement and repose" Kenneth Clark observed.
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