Hikanos
Hikanos ( Latin Hicanus ) was an ancient Greek archetype .
No known works by Hikanos have come down to us. It owes its position as part of art history to a mention by Pliny the Elder . Without going into any further detail, he names Hikanos with several other ore formers because of their artistry in the production of statues in the field of athletes, warriors, hunters and sacrificers. A more precise chronological classification is not given, but must be between the increased use of bronze castings in statues in the 5th century BC. And the creative period of Pliny in the 1st century.
literature
- Georg Lippold : Hikanos. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume VIII, 2, Stuttgart 1913, Sp. 1592 ( digitized version ).
- Rainer Vollkommer : Hikanos. In: Derselbe (editor): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 319.
Remarks
- ↑ Pliny, Naturalis historia 34,91.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hikanos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hicanus (Latinized) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient Greek Toreut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st millennium BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st millennium BC Chr. |