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! colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size:120%;" | Lysippos
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Alexander the Great 2.jpg|250px]]
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;" | Roman marble of [[Alexander the Great]] imitating the style of Lysippos.
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| '''Born'''
| Sicyon, Greece (4th century BC)
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| '''Occupation'''
| Sculptor (bronze)
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| '''Known For'''
| Official court sculptor of [[Alexander the Great]];<br>Creator of the Lysippan portrait type
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'''Lysippos'''' (also spelled '''Lysippus''') was one of the most celebrated sculptors of ancient Greece and the official court sculptor of [[Alexander the Great]]. Active during the 4th century BC, Lysippos worked in bronze and was renowned for transforming Greek sculpture through new proportions, dynamic poses, and lifelike realism.
'''Lysippos'''' (also spelled '''Lysippus''') was one of the most celebrated sculptors of ancient Greece and the official court sculptor of [[Alexander the Great]]. Active during the 4th century BC, Lysippos worked in bronze and was renowned for transforming Greek sculpture through new proportions, dynamic poses, and lifelike realism.
His style marked a transition from Classical to Hellenistic sculpture.
His style marked a transition from Classical to Hellenistic sculpture.
=Alexander the Great Portraits=
Lysippos’ portraits of Alexander established the standard visual image of the Macedonian king:
* the '''anastole''' (upswept hair over the forehead)
* the '''upward heroic gaze'''
* youthful idealization
* long neck and flowing hair, evoking [[Heracles]]
Although the originals were bronze, numerous Roman marble copies survive, including the type used on Conservapedia’s [[Alexander the Great]] page.
=Famous Works=
Most of Lysippos’ originals are lost, but ancient writers record several masterpieces:
* Apoxyomenos (“The Scraper”)
* Heracles Farnese (known from Roman copies)
* Portraits of Alexander the Great
* Statues of athletes, heroes, and gods
Lysippos' workshop produced hundreds of bronzes, many later copied in marble by Roman sculptors.
=Legacy=
Lysippos profoundly influenced:
* Hellenistic sculpture
* Roman portraiture
* imperial imagery (especially [[Caesar Augustus]], who adopted the 'Lysippan Alexander' look)
His innovations shaped Western art for centuries, and his [[Alexander the Great|Alexander]] portraits remain the most recognizable images of the [[Macedonian]] conqueror.
=See Also=
[[Alexander the Great]]
[[Hellenistic period]]
[[Greek sculpture]]
[[Praxiteles]]
[[Phidias]]
=References=
[[Category:Ancient Greece]]
[[Category:Ancient Greece]]