kouros

(noun)

a sculpture of a naked youth in Ancient Greece, the male equivalent of a kore

Related Terms

  • Archaic smile
  • chiton
  • apotropaic
  • peplos
  • kore

Examples of kouros in the following topics:

  • Sculpture in the Greek Archaic Period

    • Kouroi statues (singular, kouros), depicting idealized, nude male youths, were first seen during this period.
    • The New York Kouros strikes a rigid stance and his facial features are blank and expressionless.
    • The kouros figure of Kroisos, an Athenian youth killed in battle, still depicts a young man with an idealized body.
    • Kroisos's hair, while still stylized, falls naturally over his neck and onto his back, unlike that of the New York Kouros, which falls down stiffly and in a single sheet.
    • Kroisos's face also appears more naturalistic when compared to the earlier New York Kouros.
  • Minoan Sculpture

    • The so-called Palaikastro Kouros (not to be confused with the stylized male sculptures of ancient Greece), which dates to the Late Minoan period (late fifteenth century BCE), stands at almost 20 inches (50 cm) tall.
  • Painting

    • These images bear some resemblance to depictions of kouros figures in Greco-Roman art.
  • Etruscan Sculpture

    • The style of braids, however, appears less like beads, as seen in the Greek kouros, and more like twisted plies of a rope.
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