Lysistratus ( Greek: Λυσίστρατος Σικυώνιος) was a Greek sculptor of the 4th century BC, brother of Lysippos. We are told by Pliny the Elder that he followed a strongly realistic line, being the first sculptor to take impressions of human faces in plaster.
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- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). " Lysistratus". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 184.
- Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historiae, 35, 153.
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Lysistratus ( Greek: Λυσίστρατος Σικυώνιος) was a Greek sculptor of the 4th century BC, brother of Lysippos. We are told by Pliny the Elder that he followed a strongly realistic line, being the first sculptor to take impressions of human faces in plaster.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). " Lysistratus". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 184.
- Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historiae, 35, 153.
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