This is one of the earliest marble statues of a human figure carved in attica.
Marble statue of a kouros youth.
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Kouros is a greek term used for a standing statue of a youth male or a boy.
On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 154.
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.
In addition the kouros statue has some characteristics like the frontal pose the lock in stone.
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 archaic greek statue representing a young standing male.
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Despite initial favourable scientific analysis of the patina and aging of the marble the question of its authenticity has persisted.
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The dolomitic marble sculpture was bought by the j.
The rigid stance with the left leg forward and arms at the side was derived from egyptian art.
This statue is from attica athens c 600 b c.
Paul getty museum los angeles california in 1985 for ten million dollars and first exhibited there in october 1986.
Marble statue of a kouros youth ca.
The getty kouros is an over life sized statue in the form of a late archaic greek kouros.
Marble statue of a kouros new york kouros c.
The pose provided a clear simple formula that was used.
A kouros is a statue of a standing nude youth that did not represent any one individual youth but the idea of youth.
Attic archaic naxian marble 194 6 x 51 6 cm the metropolitan museum of art speakers.
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.