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PRINCIPLES OF GREEK ART
CHAP.
to be a copy of a statue of young Alexander set up at Olympia
in ivory and gold, a work of the Sculptor Leochares. He is
in the act of fastening
a greave to his leg
as a preparation for
battle; the restoration
wrongly makes him
hold an oil flask.
It was, however, con-
sidered in antiquity
that Lysippus best suc-
ceeded in revealing his
character (rj&o<;) in
bronze, and embody-
ing his manhood in
visible form. While
others reproduced the
mere superficial char-
acteristics, the moist-
ness of his eyes and
the bend of his neck,
they missed his manly
and leonine aspect.
What is certain is that
the lion-like brow, the
ardent eye, the bent
neck, all become
marked features of
the sculpture of 'the
time. Not only do all
the generals of Alex-
ander seem to echo his
physical type, but even Zeus and the Sun-god imitate his fore-
head and eyes.
Fig. 47.'—Alexander the Great: Munich.
PRINCIPLES OF GREEK ART
CHAP.
to be a copy of a statue of young Alexander set up at Olympia
in ivory and gold, a work of the Sculptor Leochares. He is
in the act of fastening
a greave to his leg
as a preparation for
battle; the restoration
wrongly makes him
hold an oil flask.
It was, however, con-
sidered in antiquity
that Lysippus best suc-
ceeded in revealing his
character (rj&o<;) in
bronze, and embody-
ing his manhood in
visible form. While
others reproduced the
mere superficial char-
acteristics, the moist-
ness of his eyes and
the bend of his neck,
they missed his manly
and leonine aspect.
What is certain is that
the lion-like brow, the
ardent eye, the bent
neck, all become
marked features of
the sculpture of 'the
time. Not only do all
the generals of Alex-
ander seem to echo his
physical type, but even Zeus and the Sun-god imitate his fore-
head and eyes.
Fig. 47.'—Alexander the Great: Munich.