![]() The statue of Diadumenos, also known as Youth Tying a Headband is one of Polykleitos's sculptures known from many copies. to make a wounded Amazon for the temple of Artemis marble copies associated with the competition survive. Pliny also mentions that Polykleitos was one of the five major sculptors who competed in the fifth century B.C. Polykleitos's Astragalizontes ("Boys Playing at Knuckle-bones") was claimed by the Emperor Titus and set in a place of honour in his atrium. Further sculptures attributed to Polykleitos are the Discophoros (" Discus-bearer"), Diadumenos ("Youth tying a headband") and a Hermes at one time placed, according to Pliny, in Lysimachia (Thrace). He also sculpted a famous bronze male nude known as the Doryphoros ("Spear Bearer"), which survives in the form of numerous Roman marble copies. Polykleitos's figure of an Amazon for Ephesus was admired, while his colossal gold and ivory statue of Hera which stood in her temple-the Heraion of Argos-was favourably compared with the Olympian Zeus by Pheidias. The Townley Marbles Discophoros, British Museum Pausanias is adamant that they were not the same person, and that Polykleitos was from Argos, in which city state he must have received his early training, and a contemporary of Phidias (possibly also taught by Ageladas). He is sometimes called the Elder, in cases where it is necessary to distinguish him from his son, who is regarded as a major architect but a minor sculptor.Īs noted above, Polykleitos is called "The Sicyonian" by some authors, all writing in Latin, and who modern scholars view as relying on an error of Pliny the Elder in conflating another more minor sculptor from Sikyon, a disciple of Phidias, with Polykleitos of Argos. ![]() "of Argos") by others like Plato and Pausanias. "The Sicyonian", usually translated as "of Sicyon") by Latin authors including Pliny the Elder and Cicero, and Ἀργεῖος (lit. His Greek name was traditionally Latinized Polycletus, but is also transliterated Polycleitus ( Ancient Greek: Πολύκλειτος, Classical Greek Greek pronunciation:, "much-renowned") and, due to iotacism in the transition from Ancient to Modern Greek, Polyklitos or Polyclitus. Users can choose to see any portion of the event they want, using Pixellot’s App.The App cannot broadcast anything that you did not capture with Pixellot’s proprietary camera head in the first place.A Polykleitan Diadumenos, in a Roman marble copy, National Archaeological Museum of Athens ![]() They can broadcast and share their own events via this mobile app, or the web. Users are able to stream the event live, or capture it with the camera head and view it after the event has finished. Replays of otherwise hidden areas in the field can be carried out, even if they were not at the focus of attention during the event itself. The system can be installed at a venue, providing automatic video coverage at predefined times.Īs the panoramic head captures a high-resolution video of everything happening on the venue at all times, nothing is ever missed. The Pixellot system consists of a proprietary device – Pixellot’s unique panoramic camera head - and standard computers that run Pixellot’s proprietary algorithms. Pixellot provides a full broadcasting solution for amateurs, rights holders, broadcasters, sports leagues, clubs, coaches and consumers, offering unique, interactive and immersive viewing experiences.
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