Great Epochs in Art History
Great Epochs in Art History
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Another of the greater works of Skopas to which allusion has been made, dating about the middle of the 4th century B. C. , was the adorning of the tomb of Mausolos at Halikarnassos, the capital of Caria in Asia Minor. He wrought reliefs on the east or front side of the monument, while L, eochares the Athenian made the sculptures on the west, Brijaxis on the north, and on the south Timotheus a contention of the best artists of Greece who lived at that time. These were brought to light by Profess...or C. F. New- ton in 1857. Pliny is the author who tells us that Skopas was employed on this monument though there exists now nothing authentically his. Evidently a 142 A POST-PHEIDIAN GREEK SCULPTOR great thing was to be done for the admiration of the whole world and Skopas was the one to do it. The Mausoleum of Halikarnassos was on the grandest scale of such antique monuments. It contained a hall adorned with battle scenes, and the finest Parian and Pentelic marbles were transported from Greece for the purpose.
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Another of the greater works of Skopas to which allusion has been made, dating about the middle of the 4th century B. C. , was the adorning of the tomb of Mausolos at Halikarnassos, the capital of Caria in Asia Minor. He wrought reliefs on the east or front side of the monument, while L, eochares the Athenian made the sculptures on the west, Brijaxis on the north, and on the south Timotheus a contention of the best artists of Greece who lived at that time. These were brought to light by Profess...or C. F. New- ton in 1857. Pliny is the author who tells us that Skopas was employed on this monument though there exists now nothing authentically his. Evidently a 142 A POST-PHEIDIAN GREEK SCULPTOR great thing was to be done for the admiration of the whole world and Skopas was the one to do it. The Mausoleum of Halikarnassos was on the grandest scale of such antique monuments. It contained a hall adorned with battle scenes, and the finest Parian and Pentelic marbles were transported from Greece for the purpose.
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