The Greek Kouros Statues

The Greek Kouros statues and the statue of Diadoumenos demonstrate the attempt by Greek artists to recreate the human form in a lifelike manner. The statue of Diadoumenos is a Greek bronze dated approximately 430 B.C., while the Kouros began to emerge in Greece around 600 B.C. and were typically made of marble (Statue 1; Kouros 1).

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