Lysistratus ( el, Λυσίστρατος Σικυώνιος) was a

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sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

of the 4th century BC, brother of

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. We are told by

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that he followed a strongly realistic line, being the first sculptor to take impressions of human faces in plaster.

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, '' Naturalis Historiae'', 35, 153. {{Authority control 4th-century BC Greek sculptors Ancient Greek sculptors Hellenistic sculptors Ancient Sicyonians