Kouros

• Moschoforos (The Calf Bearer)

  Moschoforos, or The Calf Bearer. Marble, 1.64 m tall, c. 560 BCE. Atributed to the sculptor Phaidimos. The statue was dedicated by Romvos (Rombos), and carries a sucrificial calf for Athena. The statue is unique in that it does not depict…

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• National Archaeological Museum in Athens: Iron Age 1100 – 480 BCE

  The National Archaeological Museum in Athens is hosts to a plethora of art and artifacts from the Dark Ages, the Geometric and Orientalizing periods, and from the Archaic Era, found in excavations in excavations across the country. While the Dark…

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• Kouros

  Κούρος (Kouros: youth. Plural: Κούροι, Kouroi) sculptures were abundantly produced in Ancient Greece during the Archaic era (700-480 BCE), continuing a centuries-old tradition of votive figure statues made of bronze which was previously of small scale. Around 600 BCE the…

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