Metropolitan Kouros, ca. 600-590, hgt. 1.84 meters, reportedly from Attica. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art (Image courtesy of ANU).
Metropolitan Kouros, ca. 600-590, hgt. 1.84 meters, reportedly from Attica. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art (Image courtesy of ANU).
Kleobis and Biton, ca. 590, hgt. ca.2.17 meters, found at the Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi. Delphi: Museum (Image courtesy of Saskia Ltd).
Profile (Image courtesy of Saskia Ltd).
detail of head and torso (Image courtesy of Saskia Ltd).
detail of head (Image courtesy of Saskia Ltd).
Kroisos, ca. 530, hgt. 1.94 meters, reportedly found in the cemetery at Anavysos in Attica. Athens: National Museum (Image courtesy of Saskia Ltd).
Profile (Image courtesy of Saskia Ltd).
detail: torso (Image courtesy of Saskia Ltd).
detail: head and upper torso (Image courtesy of Saskia Ltd).
detail: profile of head (Image courtesy of Saskia Ltd).
Kouros from Tenea: ca. 575-550, hgt. 1.53 meters, found in the ancient cemetery of Tenea (7 miles from Corinth). Munich, Glyptothek. (Image Courtesy of ANU).
Kouros from Sanctuary of Poseidon at Sounion: ca. 590, hgt 3.05 meters, found at Sanctuary of Poseidon at Sounion. Athens: National Museum (Image courtesy of Saskia Ltd).
detail: profile (Image courtesy of Saskia Ltd).
detail: head (Image courtesy of Saskia Ltd).
Introduction
The term "kouros"
Looking at a kouros
The Egyptian Connection
Beyond Looking: Functions and Meanings
From Archaic Texts to Archaic Contexts
Mimesis
Kouroi: An Aristocratic Ideal?
Archaic "Artists"
Bibliography
This page was written by Minott Kerr.
Created: 30 September 1996
Last Modified: 3 October 1996