Melanes Kouros

Melanes Kouros

kouros

This large kouros remains unfinished, abandoned near the quarry the marble was originally taken from. It allows the viewer more insight into how these objects were created, showing that kouroi were at least partially formed laying prone in the quarries. From there, they were transported for the details to be carved in a workshop. The leg of this statue must have broken en route, and so it was left behind. Archaic sculptors commonly abandoned any kouros if they found any flaw in the marble.

Naxos

http://i.imgur.com/acBl8jK.jpg

unknown

This is Naxos

This is Naxos

c. 570 BCE

This is Naxos

http://thisisnaxos.gr/page.aspx?itemID=SPG13

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/3895240

http://thisisnaxos.gr/eng/page.aspx?itemID=SPG1

Naxian Marble

physical object

Archaic