Alcamenes

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Alcamenes: Hermes Propylaeus

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Flourished	c.450 BCE - c.401 BCE

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Alcamenes: Hermes Propylaeus

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Myron

Greek sculptor

Nesiotes

Greek sculptor

Phidias

Phidias

Greek sculptor

Lysippus

Greek sculptor

Praxiteles: Hermes Carrying the Infant Dionysus

Praxiteles

Greek sculptor

section of the Amazon frieze

Scopas

Greek sculptor

Idolino

Polyclitus

Greek sculptor

kore sculpture

Antenor

Greek sculptor

Venus Genetrix

Callimachus

Greek sculptor

Pasiteles

Greek sculptor

Butades Of Sicyon

ancient Greek sculptor

Apollo Belvedere, restored Roman copy of the Greek original attributed to Leochares, 4th century bc; in the Vatican Museum, Rome

Leochares

Greek sculptor

Agasias: Borghese Warrior

Agasias

Ephesian sculptor

Pythagoras

Greek sculptor

Demetrios of Alopeka

Greek sculptor

“The Boxer,” Roman bronze copy of Greek sculpture by Apollonius the Athenian, 1st century bc; in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome

Apollonius The Athenian

Greek sculptor

Damophon: sculptures

Damophon

Greek sculptor

Sidney Barclay: Colossus of Rhodes

Chares of Lindos

ancient Greek sculptor

Archermus

Greek sculptor

Critius and Nesiotes

Greek sculptor

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