ARTHI 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Peloponnese, Archaic Smile, Kouros
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The platonic ideal, named for a greek philosopher, plato. Interest in the human body, especially male nudity. -funerary or devotive statues to represent a hero who died young. Stood in temples and lined the walls in perpetual attendance. Funerary figure for a man who died a hero"s death in battle. Naturalistic: muscles are shown, figure is anatomically correct. Pose is very rigid with arms straight, fists clenched. Has a facial expression almost smiling known as the archaic smile. Greater rigidity shows power as ruler figure in egyptian sculpture. Depicted in front of queen, more ornamented, she is holding him.
