The Discobolus reflects a major trend in Ancient Greek art. Poseidon or Zeus bronze sculpture, also known as the Artemision Bronze, by Kalamis (480-460 B.C.E.).

In the Discobolus, he innovated by capturing an athlete mid-action. To do this, he employed a powerful, spiralling composition, implying a payload of pent-up energy.

The “Discobolus” was not only an object of beauty within Nazi eugenics and mythology: it was the metric. Following the conclusion of World War II and the death of Hitler in 1945, ...

Editor Annikka Olsen joins the podcast to discuss the long and complex history of the famous 'Discobolus' sculpture. A Roman copy of Myron's Discobolus at the British Museum. Photo: Leon Neal/AFP ...

Probably the world's most famed statue of an athlete is of a discobolus (discus-thrower), by Myron, ancient Greek, restored by Professor Furtwangler. His restoration places the missile-hurler* ...

Object Details founder Fonderia Chiurazzi Notes Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument, 1994. Summary Figure of a male athlete about to throw a discus, his right arm is extended back, the weight ...

Into the Pasture. Jay Silvester turned discobolus as an eighth-grader: handed the discus of an older friend, he skimmed it 30 ft. into a pasture on his father’s Tremonton, Utah. farm.

The Discobolus Palombara is a 2nd-century Roman copy of a long-lost Greek bronze original. Hitler had bought the Roman copy from its private Italian owner in 1938 under pressure from Italian ...

In the Discobolus, he innovated by capturing an athlete mid-action. To do this, he employed a powerful, spiralling composition, implying a payload of pent-up energy.