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Greek Sculpture - Part 4 |
 | | The fourth century witnessed the decline of state power and the rise of that of the individual; the weakening of supernatural conceptions in religion and a strengthening of naturalistic beliefs; and, finally, a general development in the direction of cosmopolitanism. |
| | The most distinguished sculptors of this century were Skopas, Praxiteles, and Lysippos, whose styles may be taken roughly as representative of the early, middle, and late portions of the century. |
| | Originals by Skopas are in Athens and the British Museum ; the Hermes of Praxiteles is at Olympia, the Aphrodite of Melos in the Louvre ; the Sidon sarcophagi are in Constantinople, the Pergamene sculptures at Berlin. |
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