What did the Anavysos Kouros represent?
What did the Anavysos Kouros represent? Most commonly used as grave markers (like this particular Kouros) offerings to a god. less common but as a representation of god, usually Apollo. What are the characteristics of kouros? A kouros is a statue of a standing nude youth that did not represent any one individual youth but the idea of youth. 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. Why is the Anavysos Kouros naked? The...