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New York Kouros
- 1.94m (Lifesize)
- Marble
- 590-580BC
- Wig like hair
- Clenched fists
- Thin waist
- Feet one infront of the other
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Berlin Kore
- 1.18m (Below lifesize)
- White marble (originally painted)
- 570-560BC
- Detailed folds in dress
- Detailed hands, jewelry
- Was wrapped in sheet of lead to prevent theft, maybe important figure?
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Peplos Kore
- White marble (Originally painted)
- 1.18m (Below lifesize)
- 530BC
- Archaic smile
- Wig-like hair
- Youthful
- More detailed facial features
- Stone sculpture becoming more sophisticated
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Anavysos Kouros
- White marble (originally painted)
- 530-520BC
- Clenched fists
- Feet one infront of the other
- Archaic smile
- Better facial features
- Abs look more real
- Thighs too thick
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Tyrannicides
- Marble (originally bronze)
- 2.03m (lifesize)
- 509BC
- Wig like hair
- Exaggerated hips
- Killed a tyrant, leading to democracy
- Symettrical
- Realistic feet
- Anatomically correct
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Kritios Boy
- Sculptor: Kritios
- 1.17m (Below lifesize)
- 480BC
- Parian marble (with inlaid eyes)
- First portrayal of contrapposto
- Transitional
- Slight archaic smile
- Realistic looking muscles, though overly long thigh
- Overexaggerated v-line at the hip
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Delphi Charioteer
- Bronze
- 2.03m (lifesize)
- 474BC
- Hasn't started race, not showing hubiris. Neck shows breathing in and feet gripping; antipcation
- Realistic feet and hands
- Hugely detailed drapery
- Oiled down hair
- Rounded features suggest youth
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Artemision Bronze
- Sculptor: Kalamis
- 2.09 (above lifesize)
- 460BC
- Intricate hair and beard
- Holds either trident or lightning bolt; zeus or poseidon
- Raw power and awe that only a God could have, directing his wrath
- Contrapposto, thorax isn't twisted, pecs don't move with shoulder, legs too long
- Hugely detailed muscles
- Pan-Hellenic ideal of power, strength and wrath to aspire to
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Riace Warriors
- Bronze
- 1.98m (Slightly over lifesize)
- 450BC
- Contrapposto with rhythmos shown
- Deep grooves in abs, musculature shown in detail
- Both originally held shields
- Tailbone is missing, perhaps to improve beauty of the back
- Legs are too long
- Helmet on one, oiled hair on the other
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Myron's Diskobolos
- Sculptor: Myron
- Marble (originally bronze)
- 1.7m (Below lifesize)
- Dynamism, action anticipated through tension, toes bent, veins are shown on one arm focused on the discus
- Pecs don't move with arms, ribs turn into the arm well
- Concentration, self-control, hubris
- Rhythmos shown
- Advance of classical sculpture from archaic
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Polykleitos' Doryphoros
- Marble (originally bronze)
- 2.1m (above lifesize)
- 450-440BC
- Veins in the arms visible, musculature is immense
- Vertical and horizontal symmetry
- Contrapposto
- Knee joint sticks out
- Used to hold a spear
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Paionios' Nike
- Parian marble (originally painted)
- 2.16m, 3m with wingspan (above lifesize)
- 420BC
- Slightly undressed in a sensual way, audience will undress her with their eyes
- Drapery realistic, flows behind her leg
- Stoon on a pillar 10m tall outside temple of Zeus, viewed from below imposed a dramatic and terrifying figure
- Stepping forward, as if landing from flight
- Material is thin, sometimes see-through, enhancing sensuality of the figure
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Eirene and Ploutos
- Sculptor: Kephisodotos
- 1.77m (Lifesize)
- Marble (Originally bronze)
- 375-374BC
- Goddess of spring and peace
- Ploutos gazes trustingly at her, she maternally looks down with love
- Drapery accents her breasts and is realistic in its folds
- Once held a cornucopia full of food but has since been lost
- Very realistic hair
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Knidian Aphrodite
- Sculptor: Praxiteles
- Marble
- 2m (Slightly over lifesize)
- 350BC
- Depicts goddess of love bathing to restore her purity
- Audience is turned into voyeur of her, she peers round a tree to look at them
- Her nakedness puts an element of vulnerability sensuality on the piece, making the audience in control rather than the figure
- Wants to show the Gods with character and a story rather than the accepted view
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Apollo Sauroktonos
- Sculptor: Praxiteles
- Parian marble
- 1.49m (Just below lifesize)
- 343-330BC
- Three quarter view feminine face with realistich hair
- Depicts the god deep in thought, about to kill the lizard
- Feminised body, very little musculature
- Contrapposto, s-line curve
- Not for 360 degree viewing
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Hermes and Dionysos
- Sculptor: Praxiteles
- Parian marble
- 3.72m (Very above lifesize)
- 343-330BC
- Extreme contrapposto with a huge s-line curve on the back and rhythmos
- Hermes was holding grapes up, teasing the future god of wine, Dionysos, shown as baby
- Strength, graec, gentleness and benevolence - Kenneth Clark
- Very smooth body, not much musculature shown
- Thights too long, but rest of body in proportion
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Lysippos' Apoxyomenos
- Marble (orignally bronze)
- 2.05m (slightly above lifesize)
- 330BC
- Athlete scraping the oil that traps dust and dirt off his body
- New canon of sculpture, 1:8 ratio of head to body instead of 1:7 + longer, thinner limbs
- S-curve of body and spine seen
- More rounded face with realistic hair
- Lots of creases on neck and forehead, perhaps showing fat rather than muscle
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Marathon Boy
- Sculptor: Anonymous but in the style of Praxiteles
- Bronze
- 1.29m (Below lifesize)
- 325-300BC
- Perhaps showing a young Hermes, but could be generic young, achieving athlete
- S-line curve and 3/4 view face (Praxiteles)
- Twists head to look at (now lost) object in hand
- Stone inlayed eyes, soft muscles and overly long arm stretched out
- Could be leaning against something for support
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