Kouros sanctuary of Ptoan Apollo Archaic 520 BC Greek Greece Museum
A kouros kouroi, is the modern term given to those representations of male youths dating from the Archaic period in Greece. Such statues are found across the Greek-speaking world. The earliest extant examples may be the two life-sized marble figures from the Ionic sanctuary on the island of Delos[1] dating from the second or third quarter of the seventh century. The canonical form of the kouros persists until the beginning of the classical period, by which time artists had achieve a high degree of anatomical verisimilitude, if not naturalism, as can be observed on such transitional works as the Kritios Boy, ca. 480 BC. These free-standing sculptures were typically marble, but also the form is rendered in wood, bronze and terracotta.
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