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Archaic Sculpture
600-480 BC
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Archaic Sculpture
• The Kouros (male) statues dominate the Archaic period of Greek Art– There are Kore (female) statues
• Used as decorations for religious buildings• Artist’s and art patron's names begin to appear
carved on some sculptures• Influence:– Archaic Greek art was influenced by ancient Egypt as
commerce between the two countries flourished.
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ARCHAIC SCULPTURE
• Characteristics:– The frontal pose– Left foot extended forward– Arms attached or close to the
hips– Rigid pose– Mysterious smile
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Archaic Sculpture• Facts:– Kouros (male) sculptures presented nude– Kore (female) sculptures always clothed– Early archaic sculpture lacks the “smile”– Other characteristics of the Kouroi:• Stocky build• Bearded• Beaded hair style• Greater detail in arms• smile
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Archaic Sculpture
• Early Archaic:
Early Archaic, no smile
Early Archaic
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Archaic Sculpture• Later Archaic period:– Rampin Horseman (c. 550 BC).– The horseman wears a wreath of wild
celery, the prize awarded to victors in the Crown Games at Isthmia and Nemea.
– The slight incline of the head perhaps represents an early rebellion against the strict bilateral symmetry of the kouroi
– Traces of paint are preserved on the eyes– The number of abdominal striations is
correct, and they are carved more convincingly than before
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Archaic Sculpture• Kouros from Anavyssos, Attica
(c. 530 BC) Later Archaic Period– Used as a grave marker
• Inscribed Epitaph: “Stand and pity at the tomb of dead Croesus, whom brutal Ares slew fighting in the front rank of battle”.
• Beaded hairstyle• frontal gaze• archaic smile (though diminished). • Advances: more realistic rendering of
anatomical detail.
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Archaic Sculpture• Method:– Sculptor worked almost exclusively with "point" chisels,
punches and stone abrasives to create the statues– As a result of this technique, all marble statues from the
Archaic period have an opaque (not clear) appearance• This is a result of the repeated vertical blows to the surface with a
point chisel which sends concentrated shock waves deep inside the stone, shuttering thus the marble crystals in considerable depth.
• All statues of ancient Greece were in fact painted with vivid colors and the technique of the vertical blows actually keyed the surface for the pigments.