Peplos Kore Marble
The ornate hair that drapes naturally on her.
Peplos kore marble. The peplos kore is 1 18 metres tall and is made of parian marble quarried not far from athens. The statue was found in three pieces in an 1886 excavation north west of the erechtheion on the athenian acropolis and is now in the acropolis museum in athens. They can still be seen as dark areas of oxidisation on the original in the akropolis museum. This white marble statue stands 1 17 cm high was made around 530 bc and was originally colorfully painted.
It is possible that the statue does not represent a kore but the goddess artemis with arrows and a bow in her hands. The peplos kore 530 βc. Marble from paros acr. Unlike its male counterparts this kore statue is clothed.
A kore is a type of figure that was found throughout ancient greece. 530 bce is a fine example of the attica style standing in a rigid pose obedient and immobile as it were yet bursting with strength and femininity through her soft arms the kind features of her face and the subtle suggestion of the curvature of her body under the heavy peplos. So this is know as the peplos kore because we originally thought she was simply wearing a peplos which is an ancient greek costume a rectangle of cloth often linen that is pinned at the shoulders and then falls down. And like the kouroi the korai are believed to be commemorative offerings to the gods and also used to show off a family s prestige.
Digital superimposition of original colors onto a 3d computer generated image of the original ancient work. Peplos refers to the type of robe or shawl like fabric draped over the figure and kore means a girl or young female. 679 the antenor kore. The peplos kore is one of the most well known and popular pieces of archaic greek art.
Korai is the female version of the kouros except she isn t nude. This particular kore comes from the acropolis also part of the ap art history 250 so it is probably a votive offering to the goddess. Traces of paint survived on the surfaces of the statue when she was found. Peplos kore from athens height 4 feet c.
She is assumed to be wearing a peplos a rich outer robe or shawl worn by women in ancient greece hanging in loose folds and sometimes drawn over the head which is where the name comes from although there really isn t a way to tell what it actually is. The development of this 3d model has received funding from the european union seventh framework programme fp7 2007 2013 under grant agreement n 270198. The peplos kore is a statue of a girl and one of the most well known examples of archaic greek art the 118 cm high 46 in high white marble statue was made around 530 bc and originally was colourfully painted. Leading work of an attic workshop.
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