Visual Arts · Art History: Ancient to Medieval
A topic within Art History: Ancient to Medieval, itself one of 10 topics in that field and part of Visual Arts.
2 works
Smarthistory
Shows that the Doryphoros embodies a written canon of proportion, so Greek idealism was a calculated ratio system rather than an attempt to copy a particular body.
link checked 17 Sept 2026Johann Joachim Winckelmann
Argues Greek art passed through a life-cycle of styles driven by the political freedom of the city-state, and treats art history as a subject with its own periodisation rather than a footnote to artists' biographies — the founding text of the discipline.
link checked 17 Sept 2026