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Lysippus

American  
[lahy-sip-uhs] / laɪˈsɪp əs /

noun

  1. flourished c360–c320 b.c., Greek sculptor.


Lysippus British  
/ laɪˈsɪpəs /

noun

  1. 4th century bc , Greek sculptor. He introduced a new naturalism into Greek sculpture

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You can find him in the last chapter, after you’ve combed over Lysippus and Giotto, Donatello and Michelangelo, Ingres and Picasso.

From The Guardian Mar. 3, 2020

The experts agree that the graceful figure is either the only existing original work by the master sculptor Lysippus or, at least, from his school.

From Time Magazine Archive

Certainly they are not, as was once supposed, works by Lysippus, the great Greek sculptor of the 4th century B.C.

From Time Magazine Archive

He tried to persuade Lysippus, then general of the Achæans, to go to the relief of Messenia, but he refused, saying that it was lost beyond hope.

From Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles

It is not the first time these historic horses of Lysippus have been stolen, these monuments of the departed glory of Chios and Constantinople—of Venice and Napoleon.

From Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands by Ballou, Maturin Murray

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