Lysippus

E414007

ancient Greek sculptor artist person

Lysippus was a renowned 4th-century BCE Greek sculptor, famed as Alexander the Great’s court sculptor and a key figure in the transition from Classical to Hellenistic art.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Lysippus canonical	3
Lysippos	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek sculptor ⓘ artist ⓘ person ⓘ
activeInCentury	4th century BCE ⓘ
activeInPeriod	Classical period ⓘ surface form: Late Classical period transition to Hellenistic period ⓘ
artMedium	bronze ⓘ metal sculpture ⓘ
artStyle	Late Classical Greek sculpture ⓘ early Hellenistic sculpture ⓘ
associatedWith	Alexander the Great ⓘ
birthPlace	Sicyon NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship	Sicyon NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributedTo	development of new canon of human proportions ⓘ
country	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
culturalContext	Greek Classical art ⓘ emergent Hellenistic royal imagery ⓘ
describedBy	Pliny the Elder ⓘ
floruit	reign of Alexander the Great ⓘ
genre	athlete statues ⓘ heroic nude statues ⓘ portrait sculpture ⓘ
influenced	Hellenistic sculptors ⓘ
influencedMovement	Hellenistic art ⓘ
innovation	engaging sculptures meant to be viewed from multiple angles ⓘ greater sense of movement in figures ⓘ smaller heads and more slender bodies than earlier Classical canon ⓘ
knownFor	being court sculptor of Alexander the Great ⓘ bronze sculpture ⓘ dynamic poses in sculpture ⓘ naturalistic representation of the human body ⓘ portraits of Alexander the Great ⓘ slender, athletic human proportions ⓘ
legacy	bridge between Classical and Hellenistic sculpture ⓘ helped define the visual image of Alexander the Great ⓘ
materialOfOriginals	bronze ⓘ
nationality	Greek ⓘ
notableWork	Apoxyomenos (The Scraper) ⓘ Farnese Hercules sculpture collection ⓘ surface form: Heracles Farnese type (attributed) Portraits of Alexander with anastole hairstyle ⓘ
numberOfWorksAttributedInAntiquity	over 1500 ⓘ
occupation	sculptor ⓘ
patron	Alexander the Great ⓘ Macedonian court ⓘ
region	Peloponnese ⓘ
survivingEvidence	Roman marble copies of his bronzes ⓘ
teacherOf	Chares of Lindos ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sicyon → notableCitizen → Lysippus ⓘ

Ancient Greek sculpture → hasNotableArtist → Lysippus ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lysippos

Porticus of Octavia → hasArtworkBy → Lysippus ⓘ

Sikyon → notableArtist → Lysippus ⓘ