He became the exclusive portraitist of Alexander the Great. Even when still alive, Alexander thought of Lysippos as the greatest artist fashioning bronze statues. Only Lysippos had the permission to make portraits of the Macedonian commander.

      His style became the ideal model for the future sculpture in Greece, Asia Minor, and the West. His masterpieces enchanted the various invaders, through the centuries, who in turn admired and transferred them off to Western Europe. Greece was emptied of the great artist's works.

      His original bronze statues were lost, or destroyed by time and humans. A large part of his work, though, has reached us through copies made of marble during the Roman era.

      Now, the Spirit of Bronze and the Spirit of Marble guide us on a journey through time to research the story and the works of the great sculptor.