Kouros Vs. Greek Statues

Art is a representation of many things. It tells stories, it shows pain, and it also shows the best of people lives. Art can take shape from what’s happening in people’s lives. Art can change based on how the person is feeling when they are creating the art. One of the biggest similarities that art still shares is that it is so personal. Art throughout the years has shared many similarities, but they also share a good amount of differences. Even two of the same paintings but painted at different times can tell completely different stories. Even in todays era some art is created that replicates ancient art.

In ancient Greek art during the period of 600-480 BCE statues called Kore, which is the female version, and a male version called Kouros. One purpose they served which was not as common was they would be placed at the grave of the person who passed away. They would often have a paragraph saying what and
However the romans then used more than just stone to create them while the Greeks Just used stone. The romans would create the biggest statues of people who had the most influence while Greeks would create statues really telling a story and representing someone on a much more personal level. For some pictures that you see in Italy you notice right away the statues. One of the most common pictures to see the statues in is the Trevi fountain. That fountain is iconic of seeing statues; people travel from all over the world to see that fountain. Still to this day you see statues representing different things; Such as the Statue of Liberty in New York. It could be argued that another form of statues would be building that are iconic to different cities; for example the Empire state building, or the space needle. Although we see so many forms that are representational of statues not many of us take the time to think about ancient