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Kouroi

LC control no.sh2007007522
Topical headingKouroi
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See alsoGreece--Antiquities
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Male nude in art
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Sculpture, Greek
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Found inWork cat.: Meyer, Marion. Kore und Kouros, 2007.
AAT, Sept. 7, 2007 (Kouroi; sculptures of the Archaic Greek period depicting standing nude male youths; variant: kouros)
Grove art online, Sept. 7, 2007 (Kouros (Gr.: 'youth'; pl. kouroi); term applied to one of the principal forms of Archaic Greek free-standing sculpture: a nude, beardless male; such figures, which may be of bronze or stone, stand upright with one foot advanced, a pose similar to that of their female counterpart, the kore; typically served either as votive offerings or tomb markers)
McGraw-Hill art (Kouros type; type of standing youth in Greek sculpture)