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witty and sincere

” the unjustly forgotten Vigneau

and is the author of Interpreting Rousseau

Frederick Fisher

Discophorus Bust Sculpture medieval book site and visitor managementThis torso of a discus thrower, crafted in a composite material including alabaster, reproduces a fragment of the original bronze statue, now lost. The original marble work was created by the Greek sculptor Naucydes at the beginning of the fourth century BCE, adhering to the canon of ideal beauty proscribed by Polyclitus (fifth century BCE) for an athlete at rest. Here, however, action is imminent; the athlete is portrayed as he is about to throw the