The Peplos Kore The Peplos Kore (c. 530 BCE)is a fine example of the Attica style‚ standing in a rigid pose‚ obedient and immobile as it were‚ yet bursting with strength and femininity through her soft arms‚ the kind features of her face‚ and the subtle suggestion of the curvature of her body under the heavy peplos. The ornate hair that drapes naturally on her shoulders‚ her measured “smile” and the pigmented iris bestow a sense of abundant vivacity and potential energy to the statue. A great deal
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In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting two works‚ Peplos Kore‚ Greek Archaic‚ ca. 530 BCE and Aphrodite De Milo‚ Greek Hellenistic‚ 2nd century BCE using the elements of design as well as Feldman’s method of criticism. Material: Aphrodite De Milo and Peplos Kore are both made of marble. Aphrodite de milos missing pieces of marble and absence of attributes made the restoration and identification of the statue difficult. A whole range of positions have been suggested: leaning against a
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Korea motor industry Dahl Ochola Owino 2nd Year George Onyango 24‚ 12‚ 2012 Executive summary The motor car industry has experienced expansion as result of the government support and the management strategies of the particular firms. This report analyses the motor industry in Korea especially the evolutionary learning of two companies‚ the firms’ strategies and the industry policy of the country‚ the report further looks at the various phases that the firms in the industry undergone for
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Archaic style of the Kore sculpture and the Classical style of the Polykleitos sculpture‚ we can note some key differences. The Archaic style sculptures have a rigid/iconic stance but also these sculptures seem to always have a smiling figure. The Classical style on the other hand‚ is more relaxed stance. The Archaic sculptures where also painted in strong colors such as red and black. While the classical sculptures looked different in a pure white marble tone. The sculpture Kore (Archaic) were more
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during the seventh century Kouros and Kore are free-standing Greek sculptures of young nude male and young clothed female. The term Kouros and Kore are modern terms originally coined by archeologist V.I. Leonardos in 1895 for a statue dedicated to the god Apollo. Kuros became an official generic term for a freestanding male figure in 1904 by Henri Lechat. The earliest kore produced according to archeologist is the Dedication of Nikandre for Artemis in Delos. The Kore that is most famous from this period
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Professor: Kim de Beaumont 11/30/12 I went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and after seeing all the paintings‚ sculptures‚ and art works‚ I chose Kouros‚ for my final paper‚ because it shows Greek’s first nude youth male during Archaic period on ca. 600 BCE. My piece of art is Marble statue of Kouros (male youth) which is characteristically depicted nude with the left leg striding forward and hands clenched at the side. This noble figure of a youth is one of the earliest freestanding marble
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Introduction SESSION CONTENT START "When you want to represent beautiful figures‚ since it is not easy to find everything without a flaw in a single human being‚ do you not then collect from a number what is beautiful in each‚ so that the whole body may appear beautiful?" -- Socrates The destruction of the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations led to a decline in the knowledge of reading‚ writing‚ building‚ and art. This period is often called the Dark Ages of Greece. It was a time of poverty‚ depopulation
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Artists would sometimes show a slight bulge for breasts but this was the extent of the exploration of the female form for quite some time. The Peplos Kore (Figure 4) is a perfect example of this style. She is parthenoi‚ meaning that she has reached the physical maturity of womanhood but is unmarried.4 This age of adolescence is where Greeks felt women were at their peak of beauty and health.“A girl
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Another example of Peisistratus’ major work projects that helped solidify his power was his influence on the influx of mythological scenes that depicted Herakles on vase painting and other major works. One example of this is the Andokides Painter vase. During the time of the creation of the Andokides vase‚ Peisistratos was in his final years of being the tyrant of Athens. Throughout his tyranny‚ Peisistratos used diplomacy with his fellow aristocrats and established support policies for the poor
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It had long stylized‚ detailed hair‚ and the statue was naked. The kouros was usually carved from marble. The female counterpart to the kouros was kore which means girl in Greek. They were usually figures of girls that served Athena. In the kore we see what is known as the archaic smiles which represent the figure being alive. The Peplos Kore shows us the early representation of the body beneath the drapery. Through her clothes we can see the outline of her
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