- Scopas
:"This article is about the ancient sculptor. For the ancient writer whose name appears in some manuscripts as "Scopas", see
Agriopas ."Scopas or Skopas (Ancient Greek: ; c.395 BC -350 BC ) was an Ancient Greek sculptor andarchitect , born on the island ofParos . Scopas worked withPraxiteles , he sculpted parts of theMausoleum of Halicarnassus , especially therelief s. He led the building of the new temple ofAthena Alea atTegea . Similar toLysippus , Scopas is in his art a successor of theClassical Greek sculptor Polyclitus. The faces of the heads almost in quadrat with deeply sunken eyes and a slightly opened mouth are specific characters in the figures of Scopas.Works after Scopas are preserved in the
British Museum (reliefs) in London; fragments from the temple of Athena Alea at Tegea in theNational Archaeological Museum of Athens ; the celebratedLudovisi Ares in thePalazzo Altemps , Rome; a statue of Pothos restored asApollo Citharoedus in theCapitoline Museum , Rome; and a statue ofMeleager in theFogg Art Museum ,Cambridge, Massachusetts .Literature
* Andreas Linfert: "Von Polyklet zu Lysipp. Polyklets Schule und ihr Verhältnis zu Skopas v. Paros". Diss. Freiburg i. B. 1965.
* Andrew F. Stewart: "Skopas of Paros". Noyes Pr., Park Ridge, N.Y. 1977. ISBN 0-8155-5051-0
* Andrew Stewart: "Skopas in Malibu. The head of Achilles from Tegea and other sculpures by Skopas in the J. Paul Getty Museum" J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, Calif. 1982. ISBN 0-89236-036-4
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