Polykleitos' Doryphoros - view/respond

1. What stylistic hallmark of the Classical period is evident here?
2. How does this pose create a sense of natural movement and balance?
3. How does this work differ from the strict symmetry of the archaic kouros?
4. Polykleitos' Doryphoros is commonly referred to as the Spear Bearer but what title did Polykleitos give to his
   bronze original and why?
5. What does this work reveal to us about Polykleitos and the Greek interest in ideal form, proportion and
   mathematics?

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