Category:Kritios Boy
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Critius: Kritios Boy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kritios Boy |
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Object type | statue | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | kouros | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
Statue of an ephebe, perhaps an athlete. Work attributed to Kritios and Nesiotes, by comparison with the Tyrannoktonoi group, one of their works known from Roman copies. Missing arms from elbows, left foot and ankle, right leg from below knee, inserted eyes. Damaged nose, chin, cheeks and neck. |
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Date | circa 480 BC | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | sculpture in the round / Parian marble | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | height: 116.7 cm (45.9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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698 |
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Place of discovery | Acropolis of Athens | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
1866 / 1888: excavated. Place: Athens, Acropolis. |
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References | Jeffrey M. Hurwit (1989). "The Kritios Boy: Discovery, Reconstruction, and Date". American Journal of Archaeology 93 (1): 41-80. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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ancient Greek sculpture from the Acropolis of Athens | |||||
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Depicts | man, nudity and standing | ||||
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Location | Acropolis Museum, Dionisiou Areopagitou Pedestrian Street, Athens, Achaea | ||||
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Media in category "Kritios Boy"
The following 12 files are in this category, out of 12 total.
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009MA Kritios.jpg 327 × 800; 206 KB
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ACMA 698 Kritios boy 1.JPG 900 × 2,098; 505 KB
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ACMA 698 Kritios boy 2-2.jpg 753 × 2,048; 1.06 MB
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ACMA 698 Kritios boy 2-3.jpg 1,134 × 2,048; 1.35 MB
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ACMA 698 Kritios boy 2.JPG 1,148 × 3,122; 865 KB
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ACMA 698 Kritios boy 3.JPG 2,448 × 3,264; 2.19 MB
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ACMA 698 Kritios boy 4.JPG 1,536 × 2,048; 1.19 MB
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ACMA 698 Kritios boy 5.JPG 2,126 × 2,835; 2.02 MB
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Perserschutt.gif 484 × 600; 184 KB
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Shortly after excavation on the Acropolis.Ca. 1865.jpg 395 × 491; 81 KB