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Bronze kouros figurine

Χ3143
Metal (Bronze)
Almost intact, missing feet
Height: 8 cm.
Syme
Sanctuary of Hermes and Aphrodite
Early Archaic period:
620-600 BC:
Gallery:
XVII
Case:
165
Exhibition thematic unit:
Geometric - Archaic - Classical period (10th - 4th c. BC). The Sanctuaries. From Minoan cult to the amalgamation of religious beliefs
Sanctuaries
Description
Bronze kouros-type figurine. The arms are stiffly attached to the body while the left leg is extended slightly forward. The figure is wearing a headband and a belt. Although it displays many of the features of the Orientalising Style of the Geometric period, the naturalistic tendency of the Archaic period in Crete is becoming apparent. The kouros type reflects the ideals of youthful beauty, strength and virtue, the main values of Cretan aristocratic society. The figurine may have been dedicated to the sanctuary by an affluent youth of the time.
Bibliography:
Lebessi Α., “ Ιερόν Ερμού και Αφροδίτης εις Σύμην Κρήτης”, Πρακτικά της εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρίας 1972, 193-203. Lebessi Α., “Το ελεφάντινο ειδώλιο του νέου από τη Σάμο», Annuario della Scuola Archeologica di Atene e delle Missioni Italiane in Oriente, 303-322. Verlinden, C. Les statuettes anthropomorphes crétoises en bronze et plomb, du IIIe millénaire au VII siècle av J-C., Louvain-la-Neuve, 1984, 224. Croissant F., “Tradition et innovation dans les ateliers corinthiens archaïques: Matériaux pour l’ histoire d’un style”, Bulletin de correspondance hellénique CXII (1988), 91-166. Lebessi Α., Το Ιερό του Ερμή και της Αφροδίτης στη Σύμη Βιάννου ΙΙΙ. Τα χάλκινα ανθρωπόμορφα ειδώλια, Athens, 2002, 25ff.
Author:
S. P.


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