Scopas - Skopas (English spelling)

Japanese: スコパス - すこぱす(英語表記)Skopas
Scopas - Skopas (English spelling)

Date of birth and death unknown. Ancient Greek sculptor. Along with Praxiteles and Lysippos, he is one of the most famous sculptors of the 4th century BC. Born on the island of Paros. His father, Aristandros, was a bronze sculptor. He went to Athens around 377 BC, and produced works throughout Attica, the Peloponnese, and Asia Minor. While Praxiteles established an elegant style for the gods, Aristandros excelled in expressing the inner emotions of humans, and was a pioneer of Hellenistic sculpture. Works believed to be his based on ancient documents and their style include the pediment sculptures and statues of Asclepius and Hygeia of the Temple of Athena Alea in Tegea (National Archaeological Museum, Athens), the reliefs on the colonnade of the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, and the reliefs on the eastern frieze of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (British Museum). In both figures, his distinctive features can be seen in the deeply carved eyes and the depiction of the folds in the clothing.

[Masaaki Maeda]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

生没年不詳。古代ギリシアの彫刻家。プラクシテレス、リシッポスと並ぶ紀元前4世紀のもっとも著名な彫刻家。パロス島出身。父アリスタンドロスは青銅彫刻家。前377年ごろアテネに赴き、以後アッティカ、ペロポネソス、小アジア各地で制作。その作風は、プラクシテレスが神々の優美な様式を確立したのに対し、人間の内的感情の表出に傑出し、ヘレニスティック期彫刻の先駆をなした。古代の文献とその様式から彼の作と推定されるものに、テゲアのアテナ・アレア神殿の破風(はふ)彫刻とアスクレピオスとヒュゲイアの像(アテネ国立考古博物館)、エフェソスのアルテミス神殿列柱の浮彫り、ハリカルナッソスのマウソレウム東フリーズの浮彫り(大英博物館)などがある。いずれも深く彫られた目や衣装の襞(ひだ)の表現に彼の特徴がみられる。

[前田正明]

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