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Also Known As Polycleitus • Polykleitos
Flourished c.450 BCE - c.415 BCE
Subjects Of Study sculpture

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Apollo Belvedere, restored Roman copy of the Greek original attributed to Leochares, 4th century bc; in the Vatican Museum, Rome
Leochares
Greek sculptor
Antonio del Pollaiuolo
Italian artist
saltcellar of Francis I
Benvenuto Cellini
Italian artist
Nesiotes
Greek sculptor
Phidias
Phidias
Greek sculptor
Lysippus
Greek sculptor
Myron
Greek sculptor
Pasiteles
Greek sculptor
“The Boxer,” Roman bronze copy of Greek sculpture by Apollonius the Athenian, 1st century bc; in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome
Apollonius The Athenian
Greek sculptor
Sidney Barclay: Colossus of Rhodes
Chares of Lindos
ancient Greek sculptor
Critius and Nesiotes
Greek sculptor
Piero del Pollaiuolo
Italian artist
Peter Vischer, the Elder
German artist
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas
French artist
Henry Moore
Henry Moore
British artist
Lorenzo Bernini: Apollo and Daphne
Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Italian artist
Donatello: David
Donatello
Italian sculptor
Auguste Rodin
Auguste Rodin
French sculptor
Ghiberti, Lorenzo
Lorenzo Ghiberti
Italian sculptor

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