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Statue of a kouros (youth), ca. 590–580 B.C.; ArchaicGreek, AtticNaxian marble;

H. without plinth 76 in. (193 cm)Fletcher Fund, 1932 (32.11.1)

The Greek and Roman Collections at the Metropolitan consist of the art of many

civilizations, over several millennia. The earliest monumental Greek marble

statue in the Museum and one of the earliest stone sculptures in Greek art is

this Kouros, a work of great nobility.

 

 

It probably stood on a tomb, although its stance and expression are shared by

cult statues of gods which suggests that it may have been created for a

sanctuary.

 

 

The over life-sized dimensions of the work were common in this period, the end

of the seventh century before Christ and the influence of Egyptian art is

obvious in the statue's block-like form, the strictly frontal pose, and the

advanced left foot and clenched hands.

 

 

But, the Greek sculptor goes beyond Egyptian frontality. The man with powerful

musculature is beginning to break out of the marble skin. Look, for example, at

the space cut away between the elbows and the waist, a Greek innovation that is

a step closer to naturalism.

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