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Kouros (The Agrigento Youth)
The kouros known as 'The Agrigento Youth', marble, c. 480 BCE, from Agrigento, Sicily. (Archaeological Museum of Agrigento)
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Kouros (youth), Archaic Greek, c. 590--580 B.C.E.
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Kouros (youth), Archaic Greek, Attic, ca. 590—580 B.C.E. (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Speakers: Monica Hahn, Brian Seymour
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Anavysos Kouros, c. 530 B.C.E.
Anavysos Kouros, c. 530 B.C.E., marble, 6' 4" (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)
Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker & Dr. Beth Harris
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Unfinished Kouros in Pentelic Marble
The unfinished state of the sculpture (statuette of a nude young male) reveals how the basic shape for this type of standing figure was 1st "roughed out" with a point. Archaic Greek, 6th century BCE. Found in the quarry at Stamato, Vouni...
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New York Kouros, c. 590–580 BCE
Marble Statue of a Kouros (New York Kouros), c. 590–580 BCE (Attic, archaic), Naxian marble, 194.6 x 51.6 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker
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82nd & Fifth: Kouros
http://www.metmuseum.org/82nd-and-fifth/naked-authority Explore this object: http://82nd-and-fifth.metmuseum.org/marble-statue-of-a-kouros-youth-greek-attic-32.11.1 His power resides in his beautiful body and the steadfast gaze...
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Cleobis and Biton
Two over-life-size Archaic kouroi (6.5 ft / 2 m) are housed at the Delphi Museum, and date to c. 580 BCE. Their names (Cleobis and Biton) are actually written on their bases, and the sculptor is given as Polymides of Argos: such inscriptions...
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Head of a Greek Youth
This is the head of a statue of a Greek youth or Kouros. The rest of the body is in the Samos Museum; the whole statue would measure about 3.2 meters in height. His hair is plaited and falls behind the head, down to the neck. The depiction...
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Contrapposto
A brief explanation of the term "contrapposto" comparing two ancient Greek sculptures: the New York Kouros and a copy Doryphoros (or Spear Bearer) by Polykleitos.
Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris
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Shulgi of Ur
Shulgi of Ur (r. 2029-1982 BCE) is considered the greatest king of the Ur III Period in Mesopotamia (2047-1750 BCE). His father was Ur-Nammu (r.2047-2030 BCE), who founded the Third Dynasty of Ur, and his mother was a daughter of King Utu-Hegal...
