Scopas

Born on Paros, the island whose marble fed classical Greece, Scopas worked through the 4th century BC when sculpture began turning from stiff divinity toward something more human. His statue of Meleager became his calling card. He also shaped a copper Aphrodite and carved the head of Hygieia, daughter of Asclepius. The works carried a intensity that set them apart from the serene default of the age, though time has swallowed most of what his hands left behind.