Kouros

beauty, the concept of ideal heroic male nudes and what they depict, and progression from symbolic works to naturalism. Using the discussion of the following artworks, the (Anavysos)Kouros, the Kritios Boy and the Spear Bearer (Doryphoros), I will discuss their symbolic and naturalistic characteristics. The statue of Kouros by an unknown artist, depicts a Greek young man. He is nude representing the ideal heroic male nude. This work is symbolic because he is the representation of God, warrior, a symbolic

the reading was the subtle differences between the kore and kouros statues of the Archaic period and those of the Early Classical Period. The Archaic Period lasted from around 600 to 480 BCE. The kore and kouros statues of this time period obviously show how they are older than the Early Classical statues because they resemble Egyptian sculpture more. In Art: a Brief History by Marilyn Stokstad and Michael W. Cothren, the Anavysos Kouros, stands with his fists clenched, arms at the side, one leg in

use statues to portray their ideal gender characteristics. The Kouros statue depicts the men as naked and bold. Furthermore, the statue depicts men standing free and proud, in an autonomous fashion. The statue also depicts the men as beautiful and youthful. All these characteristics illustrated from Kouros gave us insight on what the ancient Greek culture values in the male gender. On the other hand, Kore (a female version of Kouros) depicts the female gender as beautiful, timid and serene. Kore

recognizable, despite all individual’s current sensibilities and views today. An individual’s contemporary view is of gender and gender rules illustrates the significant social progress that the human culture has made. Although the Woman of Willendorf and Kouros/Statue of standing Youth artworks were created at different times, the genders can still easily be depicted within the artwork. The artwork, Woman of Willendorf, consists of pointy legs, a lack of facial detail, and an exaggerated emphasis on the

anus: "I look good." In a virtuoso study of "pagan beauty," Camille Paglia writes that "the self-supporting kouros was an Appollonian idea, a liberation of the eye. His nudity was

upright, have their arms by their sides, and legs were apart. Then they created the kouros and kore sculptures that stood upright with their left foot in front, arms at their sides, and looking forward. Just as the kouros statue seemed to be connected to Apollo, the kore represented Athena. The kore is also known as korai or maidens that were female free standing sculpts. Kore were fully clothed unlike the kouros. They seem to look more relaxed and always has an arm drawn-out

were often depicted in relaxed poses and with bodily imperfections. Both are examples that through history, artists are interested in producing naturalistic forms, but the ancient Greeks were the first to truly achieve this goal. The Getty Kouros shows a strong resemblance to ancient Egyptian arts. The youth figure is

although this was inspired by Egypt, there were significant differences between how they were sculpted. For instance, take the Greek sculpture Kouros (c 580 B.C. made of marble, standing at 6’4” tall) the standing male nude. While this resembled characteristics of Egypt sculptures such as pose and proportion, his form becomes more dynamic as the sculpture is nude. Kouros also appears to wear jewelry around his neck and the exquisite detail in the braids of his hair suggest he is groomed and dressed properly

differences between the two however they were both approached in different ways to be created. They have different meanings yet both were created to be more naturalistic than what came before it. In Anavysos, Greece a statue of a Kouros was discovered dedicated to Kroisos. Kouros statues were male figures also known as “youths” that were erected on graves as a gift for the gods and as a marker for these graves. None of the statues were identical however you could see that the all had the same base image

and was quite distinct from similar pieces of artwork of earlier Greek and Egyptian history. Kouros, from only forty-five years prior to Kritios Boy, was much more closely related to the heavily idealized Egyptian sculptures like the Triad of Mycerinas. Those earlier sculptures were similar in that