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Alkamenes
( fl second half of the 5th century BC). Greek sculptor. His date of birth and origins are uncertain; later sources mention both Athens and Lemnos as his birthplace. After the departure of Pheidias to Olympia, Alkamenes became the most eminent exponent of Athenian art. Sources that regard him as a student of Pheidias are not reliable, and the workshop in which he trained and developed his stylistic idiom is unknown. The number of his works in Athenian public buildings and the fact that Thrasybulus entrusted him with the production of a commemorative monument for his Theban allies after the fall of the Tyranny in 403 BC implies that Alkamenes was a supporter of the democratic party.
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- Alkamenes
- Greece, ancient, §IV, 1(i)(a): Monumental sculpture: Free-standing
- Greece, ancient, §IV, 2(iii)(a): Early Classical monumental sculpture
- Greece, ancient, §IV, 2(iii)(b): High Classical monumental sculpture
- Greece, ancient, §X, 6(ii): Ivory and bone: Composite works
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