Title: Discoforo (Discus Bearer) Date: Roman copy from the Claudian period, early first century AD from an original of the fourth century Before Christ. Material: original in marble, cast in bronze. Dimensions: : 70 centimetres high. Original to be found in: Vatican Museum, Rome ------ Not much is known about this sculptor but he was certainly of Doric origin and culture. Possibly a pupil of Polyclitus, he produced a series of statues depicting athletes which strictly follow his master's “rules” of proportion. It is this very dependence on Polyclitus which makes this Discus Bearer easy to read. In a Roman copy of a fourth century BC marble original, the athlete is shown in a resting pose with his right leg slightly advanced while his left leg, which is slightly bent, supports the weight of the figure as it is perfectly in line with the central axis of construction. His right arm is bent at ninety degrees and his hand appears to have held an object (possibly a javelin), while his slightly bent left arm is hanging by his side with a discus in his hand. The style of the torso also shows clear signs of the influence of Polyclitus: the shoulders at different heights, the strongly marked inguinal crease which the twisting movement of the chest and shoulders extends into an S curve, the wide epigastric arch and the vigorously carved muscles of the lower abdomen.The oval, almost chubby, face is totally expressionless, as was required by the canons of spiritual and idealized beauty of the period, while the thick wavy hair is treated more freely.

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