Scopas

Scopas , Greek sculptor, fl. 4th cent. BC, b. Paros. Although numbered among the Athenians, he wandered from place to place and did not attach himself to any school. He was the first to express violent feeling in marble faces. Some mutilated fragments from the temple of Athena Alea at Tegea, of which he is recorded as architect, furnish evidence of his style and method. They are in the national museum at Athens. He is also credited with work on the temple of Artemis at Ephesus and the Mausoleum of Halikarnassos. Of his nonarchitectural work, known through Roman copies, are a statue of Meleager (Fogg Mus., Cambridge, Mass.); an Apollo Citharoedus (Villa Borghese, Rome); and the celebrated Ludovisi Ares (Rome).

Scopas of Paros. One of the most celebrated Greek sculptors, active in the mid-4th century bc. He is recorded as working on the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the temple of Artemis at Ephesus, and the temple of Athena Alea at Tegea, of which Pausanias says he was the architect. Sculptural remains from all three buildings have survived, and although none of them can be certainly associated with Scopas, it is likely that he or his workshop were responsible for certain pieces that show a distinctive style and are of a quality consonant with his elevated reputation. Among them are three slabs from the Mausoleum (BM, London) showing the Battle of Greeks and Amazons, which display the intensity of expression and the characteristically deep-set eyes that are considered typical of his work. Several other pieces have been associated with him on stylistic grounds. In spite of the lack of solid evidence, Scopas is presumed to have ranked with Praxiteles and Lysippus as the leading Greek sculptor of the mid- to late 4th century bc, his work heralding the emotionalism of Hellenistic sculpture.

Scopas of Paros. One of the most celebrated Greek sculptors, active in the mid-4th century bc. He is recorded as working on the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, the temple of Artemis at Ephesus, and the temple of Athena Alea at Tegea, of which Pausanias says he was the architect. Sculptural remains from all three buildings have survived, and although none of them can be certainly associated with Scopas, it is likely that he or his workshop was responsible for certain pieces that show a distinctive style and are of a quality consonant with his elevated reputation. Among them are three slabs from the Mausoleum (BM, London) showing the Battle of Greeks and Amazons, which display the intensity of expression and the characteristically deep-set eyes that are considered typical of his work. Several other pieces have been associated with him on stylistic grounds. In spite of the lack of solid evidence, Scopas is presumed to have ranked with Praxiteles and Lysippus as the leading Greek sculptor of the mid- to late 4th century bc, his work heralding the emotionalism of Hellenistic sculpture.