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Kouroi

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info:lc/authorities/sh2007007522
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2007007522#concept

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Kouroi
kouros Label from public data source Wikidata
Kouros
Kuros

Sources

found: Work cat.: Meyer, Marion. Kore und Kouros, 2007.

found: AAT, Sept. 7, 2007(Kouroi; sculptures of the Archaic Greek period depicting standing nude male youths; variant: kouros)

found: Grove art online, Sept. 7, 2007(Kouros (Gr.: 'youth'; pl. kouroi); term applied to one of the principal forms of Archaic Greek free-standing sculpture: a nude, beardless male; such figures, which may be of bronze or stone, stand upright with one foot advanced, a pose similar to that of their female counterpart, the kore; typically served either as votive offerings or tomb markers)

found: McGraw-Hill art(Kouros type; type of standing youth in Greek sculpture)

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2007-09-07: new

2007-10-16: revised

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