Attic archaic naxian marble 194 6 x 51 6 cm the metropolitan museum of art speakers.
Marble statue of a kouros youth.
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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.
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.
The dolomitic marble sculpture was bought by the j.
Kouros is a greek term used for a standing statue of a youth male or a boy.
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.
Despite initial favourable scientific analysis of the patina and aging of the marble the question of its authenticity has persisted.
The rigid stance with the left leg forward and arms at the side was derived from egyptian art.
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A kouros is a statue of a standing nude youth that did not represent any one individual youth but the idea of youth.
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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.
Paul getty museum los angeles california in 1985 for ten million dollars and first exhibited there in october 1986.
Kouros archaic greek statue representing a young standing male.
The pose provided a clear simple formula that was used.
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.
This is one of the earliest marble statues of a human figure carved in attica.
In addition the kouros statue has some characteristics like the frontal pose the lock in stone.
Marble statue of a kouros youth ca.
Archaic greek attic marble naxian fletcher fund 1932 32 11 1.