Kouros

Grecia, Attica

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 154

Questo kouros (giovane) è una delle più antiche statue marmoree scolpite in Attica che rappresenti una figura umana. La posa rigida, con la gamba sinistra avanzata e le braccia che ricadono lungo i fianchi, deriva dalla statuaria egizia. Tale rappresentazione nitida e semplice venne utilizzata dagli scultori greci fino a tutto il VI secolo a.C. In questa antica figura predominano forme geometriche, quasi astratte, e i particolari anatomici sono resi con eleganti tratti uniformi. La statua era collocata sulla tomba di un giovane dell’aristocrazia ateniese.

#117. Tour del Direttore, Primo Piano: Kouros, 1ª Parte

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Marble statue of a kouros (youth), Marble, Naxian, Greek, Attic

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Marble statue of a kouros (youth), Marble, Naxian, Greek, Attic
Marble statue of a kouros (youth), Marble, Naxian, Greek, Attic
Marble statue of a kouros (youth), Marble, Naxian, Greek, Attic
Marble statue of a kouros (youth), Marble, Naxian, Greek, Attic
Marble statue of a kouros (youth), Marble, Naxian, Greek, Attic
Marble statue of a kouros (youth), Marble, Naxian, Greek, Attic
Marble statue of a kouros (youth), Marble, Naxian, Greek, Attic
Marble statue of a kouros (youth), Marble, Naxian, Greek, Attic
Marble statue of a kouros (youth), Marble, Naxian, Greek, Attic
Marble statue of a kouros (youth), Marble, Naxian, Greek, Attic
Marble statue of a kouros (youth), Marble, Naxian, Greek, Attic
Marble statue of a kouros (youth), Marble, Naxian, Greek, Attic
Marble statue of a kouros (youth), Marble, Naxian, Greek, Attic
Marble statue of a kouros (youth), Marble, Naxian, Greek, Attic
Marble statue of a kouros (youth), Marble, Naxian, Greek, Attic
Marble statue of a kouros (youth), Marble, Naxian, Greek, Attic

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