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5.9: Spear Bearer

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    Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker provide a description, historical perspective, and analysis of Polykleitos’s Doryphoros (Spear-Bearer).

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    The link to this video is provided at the bottom of this page.

    Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear-Bearer), Early Classical Period, Roman marble copy after a Greek bronze original from c. 450–440 BCE, (Museo Archaeologico Nazionale, Naples).

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    • Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear Bearer). Authored by: Dr. Beth Harris & Dr. Steven Zucker. Provided by: Khan Academy. Located at: www.khanacademy.org/humanities/ancient-art-civilizations/greek-art/classical/v/polykleitos-doryphoros-spear-bearer. License: CC BY-NC-SA: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike

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