Anavysos Kouros

530
Anavysos Kouros
Cemetery of Anavysos, near Athens
c. 530 BCE
Marble with remnants of paint
height- 6'4"

ARCHAIC

-powerful, rounded, athletic body documents the increasing interest of artists and their patrons in a more lifelike rendering of the human figure.
-archaic smile and wiglike hair echo the earlier style but the massive torso and limbs have carefully rendered, bulging muscularity, suggesting heroic strength
-still just a symbolic type, not a specific individual
Creator: trichmond713
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