Metropolitain Museum of Art Greek and Roman Exhibts
This kouros is one of the earliest marble statues of a human figure carved in Attica. The rigid stance, with the left leg forward and arms at the side, was derived from Egyptian art. The pose provided a clear, simple formula that was used by Greek sculptors throughout the sixth century B.C. In this early figure, geometric, almost abstract forms predominate, and anatomical details are rendered in beautiful analogous patterns. The statue marked the grave of a young Athenian aristocrat.This piece looked very similar in person as it did online with the exception of the feeling you get for the details involved in carving this magnificent piece of art. It did not have the realism that later Greek statues have but the is still a vast amount of detail in the body and the hair. On the shoulder, a seated woman, perhaps a goddess, is approached by four youths and eight dancing maidens; on the body, women are making woolen cloth. One of t
About 3 ft. tall, 4 ft. long and about 1 ½ ft. wide This piece was not as large as I thought it would have been. The writing was small and very worn off from weather so you only realize it is inscribed when you read the information, then you see the inscription. The face and wing is missing from the piece making it hard to picture exactly what this piece looked like originally.
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