Greek portraiture in the time of Alexander people started to discuss the new art of portraiture, Alexander himself preferred to be portrayed by his court sculptor Lysippus the most celebrated artist of the day, whose faithfulness to nature astonished his contemporaries. His portrait of Alexander (Alexander the great) shows how much art had changed since the time of praxiteles who was only a generation older than Lysippus.
Alexander the Great.	Of course the trouble with all ancient portraits is that we cannot really pronounce on their likeness. Perhaps if we could see a snapshot of Alexander we should find it quite unlike the bust. Egyptians still buried there dead as mummies, but instead of adding there likenesses in the Egyptian style they had them painted by an artist who knew all the tricks of Greek portraiture. These portraits, which were certainly made by humble craftsmen at a low price, still astonish us by there vigour and realism.		Portrait history Greek portraiture Peter Parlour Jan Van Eyck Leonardo Da Vinci Hans Holbein Peter Paul Rubens Frans Hals Rembrandt Van Rijn Joshua Reynolds Francisco Goya James Whistler Pablo Picasso Giacometti David Hockney

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