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A sculpture of the First United States President by Jean Antoine Houdon. The president has his hand on a jacket over a Roman column and a cane in the other.
What did Houdon use as a prototype for the sculpture above?
a.
classical gods
b.
classical Biblical figures
c.
classical athletes
d.
all of the above
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c. classical athletes
Houdon used classical Greek prototypes (notably the Polykleitan canon exemplified by athlete statues like the Doryphoros) for the pose and proportions, while basing Washington’s face and measurements on a life mask and sittings.
Houdon used classical Greek prototypes (notably the Polykleitan canon exemplified by athlete statues like the Doryphoros) for the pose and proportions, while basing Washington’s face and measurements on a life mask and sittings.
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