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Title
Peplos
Kore
,
front
view
.
Date
530 BCE?
Cultural Context
Aegean
Ancient Greek
Greek
European
Western European
Style/Period
Greek (ancient)
Archaic (Greek)
Theme
Sculpture (visual work)
Korai (statues)
Statues
Figurative art
Figures (representations)
Front views
Women
Costume (mode of fashion)
Peploses
Drapery (representations)
Hairstyles
Subject
Sculpture
Women
Clothing & dress
Hairstyles
Description
From the
Acropolis
,
Athens
,
Greece
. "A
stylistic
'sister'
to the
Anavysos
kouros
is
a
statue
of a
kore
wearing
a
peplos
, a
simple
,
long
,
woolen
belted
garment
,
which
gives
the
female
figure
a
columnar
appearance
.
Traces
of
paint
are
preserved
here also. As was
true
of the
Kroisos
statue
, the
Peplos
Kore
, as she
is
known
, was
buried
for
more
than
two
millennia
,
protecting
the
painted
surface
from the
destructive
effects
of
exposure
to the
atmosphere
and to
bad
weather
. The
kore
-
along
with the
calf
bearer
and
many
other
statues
-
had been
knocked
over
by the
Persians
during
the
sack
of the
Acropolis
in
480
BCE
[…]
.
Shortly
thereafter
, the
Athenians
buried
all
the
damaged
Archaic
sculptures
.
Before
that
time
, they
stood
as
votive
offerings
in
Athena's
sanctuary
.
[…]
The
Peplos
Kore's
missing
left
arm
was
extended
, a
break
from the
frontal
compression
of the
arms
at the
sides
in
Egyptian
statues
. She
once
held
in her
hand
an
attribute
that would
identify
the
figure
as a
maiden
or, as
some
have
suggested
, a
goddess
,
perhaps
Athena
herself
.
Whatever
her
identity
, the
contrast
with the
Lady
of
Auxerre
is
striking
.
Although
in
both
cases
the
drapery
conceals
the
entire
body
save
for
head
,
arms
, and
feet
, the
sixth-century
sculptor
rendered
the
soft
female
form
much
more
naturally
. This
softer
treatment
of the
flesh
also
sharply
differentiates
later
korai
from
contemporary
kouroi
,
which
have
hard
,
muscular
bodies.
"
(Excerpt
,
p114)
Material
Marble (rock)
Rock
Stone (rock)
Measurements
Approx. 4' high
Technique
Sculpting
Carving (processes)
Work Type
Sculpture
Statues
Korai (statues)
Repository
Acropolis Museum (Athens, Greece)
Source
Kleiner, Fred S., and Christin J. Mamiya. Gardner's Art Through the Ages. 12th ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2005. (fig.5-11, p.114)
Rights
Photo credit/reproduced in Kleiner courtesy: Studio Kontos.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC
851-09.jpg
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