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Larger Image	Larger image may be viewed by UofL faculty, staff, and students only (log-in required using ULink username/password) at: http://echo.louisville.edu/login?url=http://vrc-web.louisville.edu/Jpegs/750/758-07.jpg
Title	Kouros of the Sacred Gate, excavation photo, being raised by a crane.
Creator	Dipylon Artist (Greek sculptor, active ca. 600 BCE)
Date	600 BCE?
Cultural Context	Aegean Ancient Greek Greek Athenian European Western European
Style/Period	Greek (ancient) Archaic (Greek)
Theme	Sculpture (visual work) Statues Kouroi Fragments Figurative art Figures (representations) Men (male humans) Nudes (representations) Nudity Ideal, the Documentary photographs Archaeological sites Excavation (process) Excavations (sites) Excavating equipment Cranes (equipment) Trucks Vehicles (transportation) Logos Emblems (symbols) Trees Plants (vegetation) Vegetation Spectators (event observers) Workers Laborers Costume (mode of fashion) Hats Headgear Shirts Trousers Jeans Hairstyles Eye-level views
Subject	Sculpture Men Nudes Expedition photographs Archaeological sites Excavation Hoisting machinery Lifting & carrying Trucks Vehicles Emblems Logos Trees Plants Spectators Laborers Clothing & dress Hats Headgear Shirts Trousers Jeans (Clothing) Hairstyles
Description	From Kerameikos, [Athens, Greece]. "Comparison of the head of the kouros from the Sacred Gate with the Dipylon Head leaves virtually no doubt that they were created by the same sculptor about 600 BC. He was the first Athenian marble-carver of consequence and the founder of a tradition that was to culminate 150 years later in the marble sculptures of the Parthenon. His name remains unknown, and archaeologists have therefore baptized him the Dipylon Artist. The kouros of the Sacred Gate gives us an idea of the way in which this leading Athenian sculptor rendered the male body in ideal nudity." (Excerpt by Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier, p. 76)
Location Depicted	Kerameikos (Athens, Greece) Athens (Greece) Greece
Material	Marble (rock) Rock Stone (rock)
Technique	Sculpting Carving (processes)
Work Type	Sculpture Kouroi Statues Excavations (sites) Archaeological sites Expedition photographs Documentary photographs
Repository	Kerameikos Museum (Athens, Greece)
Source	Valavanis, Panos. Great Moments in Greek Archaeology. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2007. (p.74, fig.6).
Rights	© 2007 Kapon Editions, Athens, Greece. Source of illustration in Valavanis: German Archaeological Institute (Athens) / W.-D. Niemeier.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 758-07.jpg
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