YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :The Kouros
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In five pages the Kouros at the Judy and Michael Steinhardt Gallery is analyzed in terms of its posture, style, historical and aes...
the relationship in Greek thought of the symbolization of the state through the perfection of the individual - or at least the phy...
The sculpture is comprised of marble. Subject Matter The subject matter of this particular sculpture is a kouros, or a Greek y...
illustrate a greater command of the medium than in earlier times. This is, perhaps, in part due to the creation of more sophistica...
notes that Noguchis Kouros was created shortly after his release from the internment camp, and quotes him as saying that the const...
itself to an unmistakable era in sculpting given how the male is in the act of walking with one leg ahead of the other, which is a...
intended for this statue (Woodford, 1986). The initial response of this writer/tutor to the statue was that I was taken with the...
the Archaic period, that is part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is an excellent example of this type of statu...
classical art is the low-relief frieze executed for the Parthenon sometime between 447 and 432 BC. Neils (1999) notes that: "In sp...
form" (Kerr). In addition, it was presumably used at the entrance to the burial site of a youth who belonged to a wealthy family. ...
ornate. It is believed that this particular sculpture was carved to stand before the burial site of a youth who was the member ...
the prime of life ("Marble...woman"). This trend included depicting ordinary people, such as this statue, which is known as "The O...