Lysippus

American  

[lahy-sip-uhs] / laɪˈsɪp əs /

noun

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

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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

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

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

One of these was Lysippus, who is believed to have executed this statue as an illustration of his theories.

From Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation by Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May)

The subjects of the Peloponnesian school were especially suited to the use of bronze, and the chief sculptor of his time, Lysippus, whose works are said to have numbered fifteen hundred, worked entirely in bronze.

From A History of Art for Beginners and Students Painting, Sculpture, Architecture by Waters, Clara Erskine Clement