Kouros

Week 6

Kouros

580 B.C.

Unknown Artist

Marble statue

Height of 6’4 inches

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

            This marble statue is of a man in the ancient world. This was created in the archaic people of Greek art. The term Kouros means youth. There are many statues like the one above that were created in ancient Greece. These statues are depicting the body of a young man. It was believed that some of these statues were created to depict godly figures. The Greeks thought of their gods in human forms. The Greeks made their statues as realistic as they could. The facial features on this statue are created in great detail. These statues were made out of marble as a result the texture of them would be very soft and shimmery almost.

            This statue was created to depict the youth of Greece. They believed in gods in human form and created many statues to demonstrate what kind of person that might be. The social issue I chose that relates to this is religion. The Greeks believed in many gods like a lot of the ancient worlds did. They also believed that the gods looked like the humans in the ancient world. As a result they would create sculptures of mighty men.

            This statue and many others like it have given us a better understanding of the types of art they created in ancient Greece and it even gives us an understanding of their spiritual beliefs. Their artwork has helped us understand the techniques they used. And the recourses they were available to in order to create this type of art work.