The anonymity of the figure's maker is not at all unusual for the Archaic period.

This is the currently selected item. The New York Kouros shows the influence of _____ art. (Attic, archaic), Naxian marble, 194.6 x 51.6 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) Start studying New York Kouros. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Marble Statue of a Kouros (New York Kouros), c. 590–580 B.C.E. Watch Queue Queue Ancient Greek temples at Paestum, Italy. Greek sculptors were at work in marble on the islands of Naxos, Paros, and Samos before the end of the seventh century BCE, and, before long, evidence of their work appears on the mainland, too. Practice: Peplos Kore . Marble Statue of a Kouros (New York Kouros), c. 590–580 B.C.E. Anavysos Kouros. Used in Archaic Greece as both a dedication to the gods in sanctuaries and as a grave monument, the standard kouros stood with his left foot forward, arms at his sides, looking straight ahead. Archaic Period c. 600-480 BCE KOUROS STATUES. Marble, 6' 1/2" high. The sculptor who carved this work is usually referred to as the Master of the Metropolitan Kouros or more simply the Met master. Marble Statue of a kouros . The kouroi figures (kouroi is plural for kouros) develop through the decades of the Archaic period from the delineation characteristic of the New York kouros to the modeling found on the Anyvassos kouros, which is dated to about 520.
New York Kouros Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker provide a description, historical perspective, and analysis of kouros sculptures.

The pose provided a clear, simple formula that was used by Greek sculptors throughout the sixth century B.C. A kouros is a statue of a standing nude youth that did not represent any one individual youth but the idea of youth. This is one of the earliest marble statues of a human figure carved in Attica. Kouros, from Attica, Greece, ca. Marble Statue of a Kouros (New York Kouros), c. 590–580 BCE (Attic, archaic), Naxian marble, 194.6 × 51.6 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
467 and 1524), the Sounion kouros, and the Delos colossus.

The Anavyssos Kouros, c. 520 Stand and have pity at the tomb of the dead Kroisos, whom raging Ares slew as he fought in the front line. (Attic, archaic), Naxian marble, 194.6 x 51.6 cm (The Metropolitan Museum of Art) Speakers: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker "The statue marked the grave of a young Athenian aristocrat." New York Kouros said to be from Attica Marble, Height 6 feet c. 600 BCE (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) The kouros in the Metropolitan Museum in New York, made around 600 BCE, shows the Greek appreciation of the natural symmetry of the human body with its pairs of eyes, ears, arms, and legs. Practice: Anavysos Kouros. This video is unavailable. The New York Kouros is an early example of life-sized statuary in Greece. Marble Statue of a Kouros (New York Kouros), c. 590–580 B.C.E.

Siphnian Treasury, Delphi. Analysis of the New York Kouros Ancient Greek Sculpture. Sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi. Notable works of the time include the New York kouros (Met 32.11.1), Dermys and Kittylos (NAMA 56), Delphi Twins (Delphi Mus. Practice: New York Kouros . This figure is known as the Metropolitan kouros after the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, its present owner. It stood over a grave in Attica since statues like this one replaced the huge…