The Anavyssos kouros (ca. 520 B.C.E.) comes from the grave of an aristocratic youth named Kroisos. Note that the schema (posture), smile, and patterned hair have not changed from the New York kouros, but linearity has largely given way to modelling (using volume) as a way of defining the features.

Click here to see the Anavyssos kouros alongside the New York kouros.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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