Episode 16: Metropolitan Kouros
Episode 16: Metropolitan Kouros
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Ancient Art Podcast
Picking up where episode 15 left off, we dive into the emergence of sculpture in Ancient Greece. We look closely at one exemplary piece, a marble statue of a youth from ancient Athens, the so-called Metropolitan Kouros of ca. 590-580 B.C. Well see how the early Greek kouros type is borrowed directly from Egyptian statuary. We also explore sculptures original function and message in Ancient Greece plus the social context in which sculpture develops.
Episode 16: Metropolitan Kouros
Saturday, October 18, 2008
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