The ancient Greek sculptor who created the bronze known as Poseidon (1.136) used this part of the body as a standard unit for proportional measurement in the work.
A) torso
B) hand
C) foot
D) head
E) all of the other answers

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The ancient Greeks often used the head as a standard unit of measurement, known as the canon. This means that the proportions of the entire body were based on the ideal proportions of the head. Therefore, the sculptor who created the bronze known as Poseidon would have used the head as the standard unit for proportional measurement in the work.

The Ancient Greek Sculptor Who Created the Bronze Known as Poseidon