Posted on 08/09/2006 10:29:13 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Active in the fourth century B.C., Lysippus is believed to have created 1,500 bronze sculptures, including portraits of Alexander the Great and a statue of legendary Greek hero Hercules, immortalized in a later Roman marble copy known as the "Farnese Hercules." None of Lysippus' original works have been preserved, but archaeologists will craft a collection from moulds of known copies donated by other museums, the local Culture Ministry department's antiquities supervisor Alexandros Mantis told AFP. "We will have around 25 moulds donated from museums in Dresden, Munich, Torino and other parts of Greece," Mantis said. "Among them are statue bases which still carry the artist's own signature." ... Located in the coastal resort of Kiato, some 10 kilometers (six miles) from the city of Corinth in the Peloponnese region, the Lysippus museum is expected to open next year.
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Alexander the Great bump.
If none of Lysippus' original works have been preserved, only molds, then who sculpted the famous face of Alexander (with the missing nose) that accompanies the article, that is often seen in bios of Alexander?
Some other guy?
Some other guy?
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