Kore, type of freestanding statue of a maiden—the female counterpart of the kouros, or standing youth—that appeared with the beginning of Greek monumental sculpture in about 660 bc and remained to the end of the Archaic period in about 500 bc.

Kore (Greek: κόρη "maiden"; plural korai) is the modern term [1] given to a type of free-standing ancient Greek sculpture of the Archaic period depicting female figures, always of a young age. Kouroi are the youthful male equivalent of kore statues.

Discover whether this ancient Greek offering is an idealized young woman or a goddess. Peplos Kore, c. 530 B.C.E., marble, 1.2 m high, from the Acropolis, Athens, Greece (Acropolis Museum, Athens). Speakers: Dr Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker.

The Peplos Kore is an ancient sculpture from the Acropolis of Athens. It is considered one of the best-known examples of Archaic Greek art . Kore is a type of archaic Greek statue that portrays a young woman with a stiff posture looking straight forward.

Kore (κόρη = maiden. Plural: κόραι, korai) refers to statues depicting female figures, always of a young age, which were created during the Ancient Greek Archaic period (600 – 480 BCE) either as votive or commemorative statues.

She is known with the conventional name “Kore from Chios” since the workmanship strongly resembles that of the sculptures produced at the island of Chios. According to an older theory, which has been discredited today, she was associated with a …

The female counterpart of the kouros is the kore, the draped standing female figure. The kore explores the relationship between garment and body, moving from complete obscuring of anatomy through hints of the body beneath, to daring revelations of …

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 154. This statue of a young woman has the same pose and costume as the well-known statues of korai found on the Athenian Akropolis. She stands with her left leg slightly advanced.

A kore (pl. korai) is a standing Archaic stone statue (typically in marble or limestone) of a draped, unmarried female figure. Usually these statues were life-size. With the development of the korai, Greek sculpture started to become more “monumental” (Whitley 198).

In Attica, an early survivor is the so-called Berlin Kore. She is notable for her frontal stance, the large features of her face, her big feet and hands, the pomegranate she holds, the simple lines of her garments, and her elaborate jewelry - a bracelet, a necklace, and earrings.