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Kouros (Ancient Gr****: κοῦρος,
pronounced [kûːros],
plural kouroi) is the
modern term
given to free-standing
Ancient Gr****
sculptures that
depict nude...
- with
their arms at
their sides.
Kouroi were
created during the
Archaic period in the 7th and 6th
centuries BC. The
Kouroi are the male
equivalents of female...
- sculpture of the Archaic period depicting
female figures,
always of a
young age.
Kouroi are the
youthful male
equivalent of kore statues.
Korai show the restrained...
- 650 BC,
while kouroi began to be
created shortly after this.
Kouroi and
korai were used to
represent both
humans and divinities. Some
kouroi, such as the...
- predecessor, with
lyrics focusing on love. The
cover artwork features four Gr****
Kouroi and was
controversial in the US due to the statues' genitalia. Tin Machine...
- years, and was
controversial for its
cover art.
Depicting four
ancient nude
Kouroi statues, the new
record label, Victory,
deemed the
cover "a show of wrong...
-
types of
figures prevailed—the
standing nude male
youth (kouros,
plural kouroi), the
standing draped girl (kore,
plural korai), and the
seated woman. All...
- whom they had
considerable contact.
Kouroi were
often used as
grave markers or
dedications for the gods. Many
kouroi, in the
style of this one, were typically...
- Διόσκουροι, romanized: Dióskouroi, lit. 'sons of Zeus', from Dîos ('Zeus') and
koûroi ('boys').
Ancient Gr****: Τυνδαρίδαι, romanized: Tundarídai.
Phoebe ("the...
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studies have
found consistent identity between the
proportions of most of the
kouroi with the
Second Canon of the 26th
Egyptian dynasty, a
canon that with minor...
