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What's so significant about the nudity in this early Greek sculpture?

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"His power resides in his beautiful body and the steadfast gaze."


Curator Joan Mertens on a marble statue of a youth, Estátua de kouros.


Throughout 2013, The Met invited curators from across the Museum to each talk about one artwork that changed the way they see the world. Each episode is interpreted by a Museum photographer.

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Photography by Eileen Travell

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Marble statue of a kouros (youth), Marble, Naxian, Greek, Attic
Marble statue of a kouros (youth)
Greek, Attic
ca. 590–580 BCE

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