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kouros
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Marble kouros from Anávissos, Greece, c. 540–515 BC; in the National …
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Archaic Greek statue representing a standing male youth. These large stone figures began to appear in Greece c. 700 BC and closely followed the Egyptian style of geometrical, rigid figures. Later forms reflect the Greeks' increased understanding of human anatomy and are more naturalistic. Kouroi sometimes represented the god Apollo, but more commonly served as votive offerings or grave markers. See also kore.



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The eight bodies in Dupont's Them (all works 2005) mill about on a white, waist-high pedestal in a casual tableau, several of them standing like kouroi, a nod to the classical past in the midst of this brave new world.
Richard Dupont: Tracy Williams, Ltd by Hall, Emily / Artforum International
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