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40. Polycleitus of Argos
40. Polycleitus of Argos
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40. Polycleitus of Argos

40. POLYCLEITUS OF ARGOS

Polycleitus of Argos was active during the latter half of the fifth century B.C.

He wrote a treatise called Canon, on aesthetics.

1. The most difficult stage of the work is when the artists’ clay is within a nail's breadth 1 (of completion?)

2. The right result comes gradually through many numbers.

Footnotes
  1. 72:1

    Proverbial expression, the meaning of which is uncertain.

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