Olympic victor monuments and Greek athletic art (1921)
Hyde, Walter Woodburn, 1871- · Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Institution of Washington · leaf 398
of ayouthful Herakles (or of some hero who has borrowed his attribute ofthe lions skin—perhaps Telephos), which, if not by Skopas himself,is still a work of his school reproducing all his characteristics; conse-quently, of all these heads from Tegea, it is with this one chieflythat we should… … Fig. 73.— So-called Head of Herakles, fromTegea, by Skopas. National Museum,Athens. characteristic Skopaic expression of passion, and to discover the meansby which the artist effected it. The expression is due in great measureto the upward direction of the gaze, and to the heavy overshadowingof the…
Sculpture, Greek · Olympics · Sports
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