Information about Kore (sculpture)
Kore (Greek - maiden; plural korai) is the name given to a type of ancient Greek sculpture of the Archaic period, the female equivalent of a kouros. The best-known example is the Lady of Auxerre at the Louvre. Unlike the nude kouros, korai are depicted in thick drapery, and often have elaborate braided hairdos.
Musée du Louvre
Established 1793
Location Palais Royal, Musée du Louvre,
75001 Paris, France
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Director Henri Loyrette
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This is a suggested outline for the article, please amend. The sculpture of the Greek speaking world from the Lefkandi Centaur ca. 900 BC to Pasiteles ca. 50 BC.
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Development of Greek Sculpture
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''' The archaic period in Greece (750 BC–480BC) is one of the five periods of Ancient Greek history, defined on the basis of pottery styles.
Beginning in around 620 and ending in 480 the term is also used in a broader sense for a period spanning from 750 - 480.
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Beginning in around 620 and ending in 480 the term is also used in a broader sense for a period spanning from 750 - 480.
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kouros meant a male youth, and is used by Homer to refer to young soldiers. From the fifth century the word connoted specifically an adolescent, beardless male, but not a child. Compare ephebos.
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Lady of Auxerre, (or Kore of Auxerre), at the Louvre Museum in Paris depicts an archaic Greek goddess of c. 650 - 625 BC. It is a Kore ("maiden"), perhaps a votary rather than the maiden Goddess Persephone herself, for her right hand touches her solar plexus and
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Established 1793
Location Palais Royal, Musée du Louvre,
75001 Paris, France
Visitor figures 8,300,000 (2006)<ref name="visitors" />
Director Henri Loyrette
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