In the Kritios boy there is a change in how the Greece would of sculpted a young male youth. Instead of being rigged and stick figure like we now have these full, smooth, beautiful volumes were it looks just like a human standing there instead of a representation of one. what might have influenced this change was the Greece's win over Persia at Marathon. Because of the big win that looked as if Greece would definitely lose they had a renewed since of self which influenced a more realistic sculpture of a human making it more natural. we also have innovation of bronze now being put into the statues. There is still a continuality of having the perfect youth throughout Greece history.
In the Riace Warrior statues we can see pretty much the same things in the Kritois boy because of its proximity of time and influence. The two differences in this statue would be that it is made of bronze instead of marble and the naturalism is like no other. This is a testament to advanced innovation. This truly looks like a real person. Even though it has made so long ago, it looks as if it was living breathing person right now. again the same concepts applied to the analysis of the Kritios Boy apply to the Riace Warrior statues.
What is perfect? Well for the Greeks we see that tradition is holding up as to them the body is perfect. Though not one single person, but any human with the exact right mathematical dimensions. This was a new way of thinking about making a sculpture by using mathematics. This body was made to study and see the perfection of the human body which the Greece uphold. We see at this time that the Greece are studying how the human body really is taking into account every single muscle and bone. We see in all of these sculptures that there is no symmetry. Doryphoros is the definition of this paragraph.
Now all the concepts have been covered and so Hermes and the Infant Dioysos does fall under these explanations.
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