Callimachus (sculptor)

Japanese: カリマコス(彫刻家) - かりまこす
Callimachus (sculptor)

In the East, acanthus remains in many examples of carving in relief or in relief as a decorative motif introduced from the West, for example in the Indo-Corinthian capitals seen in Gandhara art in India.
[Legend]
The 5th century BCE Greek sculptor Kallimachos, who is said to be the creator of the Corinthian column capital, tells the following legend about acanthus: When a girl in Corinth died of an illness and was buried, her nurse placed the deceased's belongings in a basket, covered it with tiles, and placed it next to the tomb.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Callimachia (sculptor)" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…東洋でもアカンサスは,例えばインドのガンダーラ美術にみられるインド・コリント式柱頭などに,西方伝来の装飾モティーフとして,丸彫や浮彫の作例を多く残している。【友部 直】
[伝説]
 コリント式柱頭の創始者といわれる前5世紀ころのギリシアの彫刻家カリマコスKallimachosには,アカンサスに関する次の伝説が語られている。コリントスのある少女が病死し埋葬された際,その乳母が故人の遺品をかごに入れ,上にタイルをかぶせて墓のそばに供えた。…

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