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Spear Carrier

Fondazione Bracco

Fondazione Bracco
Milano, Italy

Inspired by Polykleitos’s Doryphoros, from the
Greek “Spear Carrier” (450 B.C.). The sculptor
wrote the treatise “Kanon” (no longer existing),
which established how the dimensions of every
part of the anatomy could be calculated
by using mathematical proportions.

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  • Title: Spear Carrier
  • Type: Communication
Fondazione Bracco

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