FAH207H1 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Contrapposto, Peplos Kore, Naucratis
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Possibly denoting the liveliness of the figure, shut eyes suggest sleeping or death. These kouros"s all share a schematic rendering of how the body works to make sense of anatomy. This sort of anatomical knowledge was not complete back then, thus accounting for its flaws. There is no doubt that there are links between the greek rendering of the standing male statue and the egyptian version i. e. mentuemhet statue. Naucratis was a greek outpost in egypt founded in the 6th century. Key difference of these statues is that the egyptian ones are part of a higher release, as well as the male"s legs not being fully departed from the block. Aside from the aforementioned, the egyptian canon was the basis for the greek. Peplos kore: athens c. 530 bc: marble, 1. 21 m or 4ft, very small, found of the acropolis thus could not have been a grave marker.
