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Marble statue of a kouros youth.
Kouros archaic greek statue representing a young standing male.
This statue is from attica athens c 600 b c.
Used in archaic greece as both a dedication to the gods in sanctuaries and as a grave monument the standard kouros stood with his left foot forward arms at his sides looking straight ahead.
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The marble statue of a kouros youth at the met museum in new york is among the first human sculptures discovered from ancient greece which dates back to the archaic period c 600 480 bce.
Kouros is a greek term used for a standing statue of a youth male or a boy.
The pose provided a clear simple formula that was used.
The dolomitic marble sculpture was bought by the j.
In addition the kouros statue has some characteristics like the frontal pose the lock in stone.
Attic archaic naxian marble 194 6 x 51 6 cm the metropolitan museum of art speakers.
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The rigid stance with the left leg forward and arms at the side was derived from egyptian art.
The marble statue of kouros male youth is the earliest known life size sculpture of a standing male from the archaic period the height without plinth of this statue is the 76 5 8 inches.
Marble statue of a kouros youth ca.
On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 154.
The getty kouros is an over life sized statue in the form of a late archaic greek kouros.
Although the influence of many nations can be discerned in particular elements of these figures the first appearance of such monumental stone figures seems to coincide with the reopening of greek trade with egypt c.
A kouros is a statue of a standing nude youth that did not represent any one individual youth but the idea of youth.
This is one of the earliest marble statues of a human figure carved in attica.
Despite initial favourable scientific analysis of the patina and aging of the marble the question of its authenticity has persisted.
Marble statue of a kouros new york kouros c.