Kouroi and Korai
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Kouroi and Korai
An Evolution of Sculptural Style
Kouros (Kouroi)
• New York Kouros (600 BCE)
• Sounion Kouros (580 BCE)
• Kleobis and Biton (580 BCE)
• Tanagra Boys (580 BCE)
• Anavysos Kouros (530 BCE)
• Aristodikos Kouros (510 - 500 BCE)
• Kritios Boy (490 - 480 BCE)
NY KOUROS
• NY MMA 32.11.1• 1.84 m in height• From Attica• 600 BCE• Egyptian grid-design• Attention to patterning• No real anatomy
Sounion Kouros
• Athens, National Museum• Restored height 3.05 m • Found in a pit at the sanctuary
of Poseidon at Sounion• Like NY Kouros but more
achieved• Seashell like curls, washboard
stomach, rounder musculature
Design
• Ionic volute ear• Careful attention to
texture of hair• Love of geometric
form and symmetrical patterning
Kleobis and Biton
• Delphi Museum • Restored height of 1.97 m • 580 BCE• Story of their sacrifice in
Herodotus i.31• Artist’s inscription:
[Poly]medes the Argive made this.
Boys from Tanagra
• Athens, National Mus.• From Tanagra • 1.47 m in height• Limestone• 580 BCE• “Amphialkes put this
up for Dermys and Kittylos”
Some Awkwardness
• Awkwardness of the embrace is seen in Egyptian couple statues.
Anavysos Kouros
• National Mus. 3851• 1.94 m in height• 530 BCE• “Stay and mourn at the
monument for dead Kroisos whom violent Ares destroyed, fighting in the front rank.”
Problems with Hips
• More robustly modeled
• Struggle with the weight of the marble
• Unsuccessful solution
Aristodikos
• National Museum, Athens• 510 - 500 BCE• 1.95 m in height• Base inscribed with name
Aristodikos• More skillfully handled
body masses
Kritios Boy• Acropolis Museum,
Athens• 0.86 m in height• 490 - 480 BCE• Precursor to the
Classical period• Shift of weight -
confidence in body masses
Sculptor in Bronze?
• Engrave lines of the hair
• Hollow eyes characteristic of bronze work
• Broken limbs and head
Archaic Horsemen
• Rampin Rider• 550 BCE• Head from the Louvre• Fragments from the
Acropolis circuit wall
Remarkable join
• Payne saw that this head from the Louvre joined the body on the acropolis
• Lace-like carving of the hair and beard
• Celery crown - Nemean or Isthmian games.
• Delicacy of features• Same sculptor as Peplos
Kore?
Persian Rider
• Newly restored
• 520 BCE
Paint on Archaic Statues
• Encaustic Paint
• Depth to Flat Surfaces
• Lost in late Classical Period
Kore (Korai)
• Auxerre Kore (640 - 630 BCE)
• Nikandre Kore (640 - 630 BCE)
• Berlin Kore (570-560 BCE)
• Peplos Kore (530 BCE)
• Cheramyes Kore (570 - 560 BCE)
• Ionic Korai, Acropolis (520 - 500 BCE)
• Phrasikleia (540 BCE)
Auxerre Kore
• Louvre 3098• From Crete. • 0.65 m in height• 640 - 630 BCE• Incision and traces of
painted lines• Daedalic style• Large hands and position
suggest adoration.
Nikandre
• Athens, National Museum
• From Delos• 640 - 625 BCE• 1.75 m in height• Earliest life-sized statue• Nowhere thicker than 20
cm .
Nikandre Inscription
• Boustrophedon. • “Nikandre dedicated
me to the Far Darter, the Arrow Shooter, outstanding of women, daughter of Deinodikes of Naxos, sister of Deinomenes, wife of Phraxos.”
Berlin Kore
• Berlin Antikensammulungen.• 1.93 m in height• 570 - 560 BCE• Found wrapped in lead in
Keratea, suburb of Athens. • Crown (polos) of meander
pattern and lotus and bud motif. • Funerary?
Peplos Kore• Acropolis Museum, Athens. • 1.17 m in height• 530 BCE• Peplos over the chiton• Same sculptor as Rampin
head?
Traces of Paint• Embroidered
dress. • Colored belt. • Strands of
hair, irises, lips all colored.
• Added jewelry pegged in.
Cheramyes Kore
• Louvre 686• 1.92 m in height• 560 BCE• From Samos• Epiblema, mantle, and
chiton• Dedication:”Cheramyes
dedicated this statue to Hera.”
Ionic Korai on the Acropolis
• Acropolis 681: Antenor Kore
• Acropolis 682• Acropolis 670• Acropolis 674• Acropolis 686:
Euthydikos Kore
Antenor Kore
• Acropolis Museum • 2.155 m in height• 530 - 520 BCE• “Nearchos the potter
dedicated this to Athens. Antenor the son of Eumares made this statue.”
• Nearchos signed pots 757 - 540 BCE.
• Eyes: rock crystal set in lead.
Early Chian
• Acropolis 682• 530 - 520 BCE• 1.82 m high• “most peculiar” • “the less one sees of
the whole, the more of the detail, the better”
Unusual Chiton Style
• Acropolis 670• 1.15 m high• 520 - 510 BCE• Sculptor: same hand
as the Aristodikos • No himation. Unusual
chiton use.
Advanced Chian Style
• Acropolis 674• H (preserved) 0.92 m • 500 BCE• Preliminaries to the
Severe Style.
Euthydikos Kore
• Acropolis 686• 490 BCE• Euthydikos, son of
Thaliarchos, dedicated me.
• Same sculptor as the Kritios Boy.
Phrasikleia
• Excavated from Merenda (ancient deme site of Myrrhinous) in 1972.
• Found almost intact with a male kouros.
• Cemetery context, on the road to Athens.
• 1.72 m in height
• 540 BCE
Bridal Garb
• Stephane or crown of lotus buds and flowers.
• Earrings, necklace, bracelets.
• Embroidered gown.
• Fancy belt.
• Special shoes.
• Iconography of bride.
Inscription• Fit into previously discovered base (1729).
• Artist’s signature: Aristion of Paros.
• Metrical epitaph: – “Sema” of Phrasikleia. – I shall be called kore– always, instead of marriage– by the gods that – having been alloted name.