de-stl:Doryphoros, from Pompeiimarble, c. 440 BCEPolykleitosSome interesting snippets about “masculi
de-stl:Doryphoros, from Pompeiimarble, c. 440 BCEPolykleitosSome interesting snippets about “masculine” ratios:The established canon of the ideal Greek male. Roughly done in a 6:1 ratio (height of head to total height) which is also the ratio used in Doric columns. Therefore such a “stout” ratio implies masculinity (and the Doric Greeks on the mainland were the more war-like compared to Ionic Greeks on the Aegean islands.) As such, buildings with Doric architecture have a decidedly more masculine and imposing feeling than Ionic or Corinthian (the latter being a later innovation). -- source link
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