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Archaische Griechische Kunst: Der Kouros Part 2
Some consider the Kouros something like a grave marker that was used by Aristocrats that could afford these very expensive sculptures. Why their form remained for a long period relatively unchanged before the sudden revolution towards realism (mimesis) has been discussed by many specialists.
Probably the sculptors used some rules (archaic canon). For example the ratio size head/body = 1/6 that was changed to 1/7 by
) "A Kouros" from the 1st century BC (archaizing) , J. Paul Getty Museum, 2003, ISBN: 0892366869 John Boardman, John Boardman ( June 1985)
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