Marble statue of a kouros youth ca.
Marble statue of a kouros.
This is one of the earliest marble statues of a human figure carved in attica.
Archaic greek sculptors reduced human anatomy and musculature in these statues to decorative patterning on the surface of the marble.
The pose provided a clear simple formula that was used by greek.
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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.
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A kouros ancient greek.
Attic archaic naxian marble 194 6 x 51 6 cm the metropolitan museum of art speakers.
The rigid stance with the left leg forward and arms at the side was derived from egyptian art.
Mertens on self reliance in marble statue of a kouros youth c.
Alexander marble is a large crystaled white marble which is quarried from the cycladic island of naxos in greece.
The rigid stance with the left leg forward and arms at the side was derived from egyptian art.
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κοῦρος pronounced plural kouroi is the modern term given to free standing ancient greek sculptures that first appear in the archaic period in greece and represent nude male youths.
Carved in from four sides the statue retained the general shape of the marble block.
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Kouros archaic greek statue representing a young standing male.
The kouros embodies many of the ideals of the aristocratic culture of archaic greece.
This kouros is one of the earliest marble statues of a human figure carved in attica.
In ancient greek kouros means youth boy especially of noble rank.
Carved in from four sides the statue retained the general shape of the marble block.
Archaic greek sculptors reduced human anatomy and musculature in these statues to decorative patterning on the surface of the marble.
From the attic culture of ancient greece.
Statue of a naxian marble kouros found at ancient thera and on display in the national archaeological museum athens naxian marble commercial name.