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Hellenistic portraiture
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Hellenistic portraiture was one of the most innovative features of Hellenistic art. Spurred on by an increased interest in realism, Hellenistic sculptors sought to produce true-to-life portraits defined by the individualism of their subjects.[1] Emergent at this time is a focus on a range of states of mind such as inebriation and concentration, as well as physical characteristics like senescence and anatomical abnormality - in great contrast with the idealised forms of the Classical period[2][1]
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Lysippos
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Development of physiognomy
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Official portraiture
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Gallery
Portrait of Demosthenes
Pseudo-Seneca at Naples
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