Statue : kouros

Grec, Attique

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 154

Ce kouros (  jeune homme) est l’un des plus anciens portraits statuaires en marbre qui aient été sculptés dans l’ Attique. Sa posture rigide, jambe gauche en avant et bras allongés le long du corps, est inspirée de l’art égyptien. Simple et expressive, cette pose a été privilégiée par les sculpteurs grecs pendant tout le VIe siècle av. J.-C. Cette silhouette ancienne se caractérise par des formes géométriques presque abstraites, dont les magnifiques motifs correspondent aux détails de l’anatomie. La statue marquait l’emplacement de la tombe d’un jeune aristocrate d’Athènes.

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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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