Marble Ancient Greek Getty Kouros Statue For Sale

In ancient Greece, getty kouros meant a young boy, and in most cases specifically of the aristocratic class. As a part of ancient Greek statues, the development of youth statues is inevitably closely linked with the overall development of ancient Greek statues. The statue of getty kouros is beardless, in a rigid forward posture, and is mostly nude. In contrast to Egyptian statues, Greek statues of youth usually stick out their left foot. Indicates a walking gesture, but the statues appear to either stand still or appear to be able to walk away. A small number of early getty kouros figurines wore belts around the waist, but this practice disappeared in the sixth century AD.

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The belt is traditionally considered a symbol, representing more complex clothing, but getty kouros sculptures covering the clothing have also appeared, which means that the sculptors did not just reduce complex clothing to a symbol, but the symbol of the belt itself symbolizes a special meaning. In her 1977 book The Archaic Style in Greek Sculpture, art historians suggested that the belt might represent Apollo, an athlete, or some sort of symbol of magical power, but the meaning of the symbol itself has remained obscure until now. In addition, there is a controversial issue of whether the “nude” of the statue of getty kouros represents some kind of symbol or attribute. As mentioned before, nudity can represent the naked state of an athlete or hero: “He appeared in wrestling school and immortalized the youth”, but no examples of Olympia or sports equipment have been found so far.

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