The Getty Kouros in the Getty Villa, July 2008
The Getty Kouros in the Getty Villa, July 2008
Detail of the Getty Kouros in the Getty Villa, Jul…
Detail of the Getty Kouros in the Getty Villa, Jul…
Fragment of a Kouros in the Getty Villa, July 2008
Kouros Fragment in the Getty Villa, July 2008
Statuette of a Mime in the Getty Villa, July 2008
Statuette of a Woman Feeding a Hen and Chicks in t…
Statuette of a Boy Riding Piggyback in the Getty V…
Terracotta Doll in the Getty Villa, July 2008
Statuette of Athena Promachos in the Getty Villa,…
Incense Burner Supported by Nike in the Getty Vill…
Sicilian Bust of a Woman in the Getty Villa, July…
Sicilian Head of Demeter or Kore in the Getty Vill…
Orpheus and Two Sirens in the Getty Villa, July 20…
Detail of a Siren in the Getty Villa, July 2008
Detail of a Poet as Orpheus in the Getty Villa, Ju…
Detail of a Siren in the Getty Villa, July 2008
Tanagra Statuette of Aphrodite in the Getty Villa,…
Offering Vessel in the Shape of a Seashell in the…
South Italian Mirror with the Head of Medusa in th…
Bronze Statuette of a Seated Lion in the Getty Vil…
Bronze Statuette of a Seated Lion in the Getty Vil…
Bronze Statuette of a Seated Lion in the Getty Vil…
Fragment of a Lion's Head Waterspout in the Getty…
Lion's Head Waterspout in the Getty Villa, July 20…
Lion's Head Waterspout in the Getty Villa, July 20…
South Italian Funerary Relief with a Hunter in the…
Marble Perfume Container in the Getty Villa, July…
Marble Incense Burner in the Getty Villa, July 200…
Mask of a Satyr in the Getty Villa, July 2008
South Italian Vessel in the Shape of a Bird in the…
Lidded Cauldron with a Satyr in the Getty Villa, J…
South Italian Roundel with a Comic Mask in the Get…
Ivory Applique with the Head of Pan in the Getty V…
Herm of Dionysos in the Getty Villa, July 2008
Detail of a Herm of Dionysos in the Getty Villa, J…
Bull's Head Cup in the Getty Villa, July 2008
Mug Shaped like the Head of a God in the Getty Vil…
South Italian Fragment of a Female Head in the Get…
The Elgin Throne in the Getty Villa, July 2008
The Elgin Throne in the Getty Villa, July 2008
Detail of the Tyrannicides on the Elgin Throne in…
Detail of Theseus and an Amazon on the Elgin Thron…
Gravestone of Apollonia in the Getty Villa, July 2…
Gravestone of Phanokrates in the Getty Villa, July…
Gravestone of Philoxenos and Philoumene in the Get…
Relief of a Hunter from a Funerary Monument in the…
Gravestone of a Boy in the Getty Villa, July 2008
Gravestone of Demainete in the Getty Villa, July 2…
Funerary Lion in the Getty Villa, July 2008
Funerary Lion in the Getty Villa, July 2008
Marble Head of Alexander the Great in the Getty Vi…
Head of Hephaistion in the Getty Villa, July 2008
Marble Head of Alexander the Great in the Getty Vi…
Head of a Bearded Hellenistic Man in the Getty Vil…
Statuette of Venus in the Getty Villa, July 2008
Statuette of Venus in the Getty Villa, July 2008
Marble Statuette of a Woman in the Getty Villa, Ju…
Rock Crystal Statuette of Venus in the Getty Villa…
Bronze Winged Feline in the Getty Villa, July 2008
Two Etruscan Helmets in the Getty Villa, July 2008
Etruscan Painted Panel Fragment with a Female Figu…
Greek Statuette of a Fertility Goddess in the Gett…
Clazomenian Sarcophagus in the Getty Villa, July 2…
Detail of a Panathenaic Amphora with Runners in th…
Kylix with a Religious Procession in the Getty Vil…
Panathenaic Amphora with Runners in the Getty Vill…
Detail of a South Italian Volute Krater with a Dec…
Rattling Wine Cup in the Getty Villa, July 2008
Detail of a South Italian Calyx Krater with a Proc…
South Italian Loutrophoros with Niobe Turning to S…
Patera with Medusa in the Getty Villa, July 2008
Detail of a South Italian Volute Krater with a Dec…
Detail of a South Italian Volute Krater with a Dec…
Detail of a South Italian Loutrophoros with Niobe…
Detail of a South Italian Volute Krater with a Dec…
South Italian Volute Krater with a Deceased Youth…
South Italian Askos with a Comic Scene in the Gett…
Krater with a Comic Figure of Prometheus in the Ge…
Oil Jar Fragment With a Pappsilenos in the Getty V…
Detail of a South Italian Storage Jar with a Scene…
South Italian Calyx Krater with a Procession in th…
South Italian Storage Jar with a Scene from the Or…
South Italian Kylix with Dionysos and an Actor in…
South Italian Volute Krater with Apollo and Artemi…
Skyphos with Satyrs in the Getty Villa, July 2008
Volute Krater Attributed to the Kleophrades Painte…
Oil Jar with Paris and Helen in the Getty Villa, J…
Detail of a South Italian Volute Krater with Apoll…
Oil Jar with Helen and Eros in the Getty Villa, Ju…
Kylix Fragment with a Drunk Man Vomiting in the Ge…
Fragment of an Archer With Warriors in the Getty V…
Mug with a Bathing Athlete in the Getty Villa, Jul…
Fragment of a Kylix with a Man Dragging a Sacrific…
Calyx Krater with the Death of Orpheus in the Gett…
Kylix Fragment with a Warrior Painted by Onesimos…
Kylix with a Crouching Satyr Attributed to Makron…
Kylix with Apollo Riding a Griffin in the Getty Vi…
Detail of a Kylix with a Crouching Satyr Attribute…
Fragment of a Krater with Athena Attributed to Eup…
Detail of a Kylix with Apollo Riding a Griffin in…
Detail of a Kylix with a Sex Scene Attributed to t…
Detail of a Kylix Attributed to Onesimos as Painte…
Kylix Attributed to Onesimos as Painter and Euphro…
Kylix with a Sex Scene Attributed to the Foundry P…
Detail of a Kylix Attributed to the Brygos Painter…
Kylix Attributed to the Brygos Painter with a Boy…
Detail of a Kylix with a Boy Holding a Lyre by Dou…
Kylix with a Boy Holding a Lyre by Douris in the G…
Detail of a Kylix with a Reveler Attributed to Mak…
Kylix with a Reveler Attributed to Makron in the G…
Detail of a Kylix with a Satyr and a Nymph Attribu…
Detail of a Coral Red Kylix with a Reveler in the…
Coral Red Kylix with a Reveler in the Getty Villa,…
Kylix with a Satyr and a Nymph Attributed to Onesi…
Kylix with Pentathletes in the Getty Villa, July 2…
Kylix with a Satyr Attributed to Oltos in the Gett…
Kylix with an Athlete Applying Oil in the Getty Vi…
Kylix with a Reveler Attributed to Epiktetos in th…
Detail of a Kylix with Revelers in the Getty Villa…
Kylix with Revelers in the Getty Villa, July 2008
Amphora with a Youthful Dancer Attributed to the B…
Detail of an Amphora with a Youthful Dancer Attrib…
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The Getty Kouros in the Getty Villa, July 2008
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Statue of a Kouros
Unknown
Greek, about 530 B.C., or modern forgery
Marble
81 1/8 x 21 1/2 in.
85.AA.40
A kouros is a statue of a standing nude youth that did not represent any one individual youth but the idea of youth. Used in Archaic Greece as both a dedication to the gods in sanctuaries and as a grave monument, the standard kouros stood with his left foot forward, arms at his sides, looking straight ahead. Carved in from four sides, the statue retained the general shape of the marble block. Archaic Greek sculptors reduced human anatomy and musculature in these statues to decorative patterning on the surface of the marble.
The kouros embodies many of the ideals of the aristocratic culture of Archaic Greece. One such ideal of this period was arete, a combination of moral and physical beauty and nobility. Arete was closely connected with kalokagathia, literally a composite term for beautiful and good or noble. Writing in the mid 500s B.C., the Greek poet Theognis summed this idea up as "What is beautiful is loved, and what is not is unloved." In a society that emphasized youth and male beauty, the artistic manifestation of this world view was the kouros. Indeed, when the poet Simonides wrote about arete in the late 500s, he used a metaphor seemingly drawn from the kouros: "In hand and foot and mind alike foursquare/ fashioned without flaw."
Neither art historians nor scientists have been able to completely resolve the issue of the Getty Museum kouros's authenticity. Certain elements of the statue have led to this questioning, especially a mixture of earlier and later stylistic traits and the use of marble from the island of Thasos at a date when its use is unexpected. Yet the anomalies of the Getty kouros may be due more to our limited knowledge of Greek sculpture in this period rather than to mistakes on the part of a forger.
Text from: www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=12908
Unknown
Greek, about 530 B.C., or modern forgery
Marble
81 1/8 x 21 1/2 in.
85.AA.40
A kouros is a statue of a standing nude youth that did not represent any one individual youth but the idea of youth. Used in Archaic Greece as both a dedication to the gods in sanctuaries and as a grave monument, the standard kouros stood with his left foot forward, arms at his sides, looking straight ahead. Carved in from four sides, the statue retained the general shape of the marble block. Archaic Greek sculptors reduced human anatomy and musculature in these statues to decorative patterning on the surface of the marble.
The kouros embodies many of the ideals of the aristocratic culture of Archaic Greece. One such ideal of this period was arete, a combination of moral and physical beauty and nobility. Arete was closely connected with kalokagathia, literally a composite term for beautiful and good or noble. Writing in the mid 500s B.C., the Greek poet Theognis summed this idea up as "What is beautiful is loved, and what is not is unloved." In a society that emphasized youth and male beauty, the artistic manifestation of this world view was the kouros. Indeed, when the poet Simonides wrote about arete in the late 500s, he used a metaphor seemingly drawn from the kouros: "In hand and foot and mind alike foursquare/ fashioned without flaw."
Neither art historians nor scientists have been able to completely resolve the issue of the Getty Museum kouros's authenticity. Certain elements of the statue have led to this questioning, especially a mixture of earlier and later stylistic traits and the use of marble from the island of Thasos at a date when its use is unexpected. Yet the anomalies of the Getty kouros may be due more to our limited knowledge of Greek sculpture in this period rather than to mistakes on the part of a forger.
Text from: www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=12908
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