Lysipp
Kairos. Roman work after the original by Lysippos ca. 350-330 BC. Turin, Museum of Antiquities ( © www.iflebenskunde.de) I. Introduction Lysipp was one of the most renown sculptors of the Late Classical and Early Hellenistic periods (4th-3rd centuries BC), establishing a new canon for the proportions of the human body. Distinguished on the same level as Praxiteles and Pheidias, he was from Sikyon and worked mainly on bronze. Lysipp has been the official sculptor of the Macedonian court under Alexander the Great. Although no original work of him has survived, it is considered that his oeuvre prepared the prominent " baroque style " of the hellenistic period. Terme Boxer, Palazzo Massimo alle Terme , Rome , Italy ( © wikipedia.org) II. Sources for his work According to Pliny the Elder, Lysipp's flourishing period is placed during the 113th Olympiad, while other sources indicate that he had a long career ...

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