Kritios Boy. Marble, c. 480 BC. Acropolis Museum, Athens. The marble Kritios Boy or Kritian Boy belongs to the Early Classical period of ancient Greek sculpture.

It is one of the most important works of ancient Greek art and the most characteristic of the so-called "Severe Style". Archaeologists have dubbed it the "Kritios Boy", after the name of the sculptor believed to have created it. The "Kritios Boy" is depicted standing in the nude.

The Kritios Boy is an under life size statue of a nude boy. In the Greek Archaic period, relatively rigid statues of nude young men known as kouroi (singular: kouros) were popular, and the Kritios Boy continued their lineage.

The Kritios Boy is the best surviving example of the transitional phase of Greek sculpture between the late Archaic style and the early Classical. Gone is the formulaic anatomy and stiffness of the kouros pose.

Believed to be the creation of Kritios, the teacher of Myron. Circa 480 BCE. It was found in two parts at the Acropolis of Athens, Greece, in 1865 and 1888. The Kritios boy belongs to the Late Archaic period and is considered the precursor to the later classical sculptures of athletes.

The Kritios or Kritian Boy dates to the Late Archaic period 490-480 B.C.E. The statue is thus named because it is attributed to Kritios, who worked along with Nesiotes, or their school of teaching. The statue is made of marble and is smaller than life-size. The statue was found in …

Sep 29, 2024 · The Kritios Boy, a statue displayed at the Acropolis Museum is one of the most important works of ancient Greek art and the most characteristic of the so-called “Severe Style.”

May 3, 2018 · He began his life in the world-renowned Acropolis of Athens 2,500 years ago, was damaged during a Persian onslaught in 480 BC, was buried to prevent further destruction, had its body rediscovered in rubble over two millennia later, and …

Mar 9, 2020 · The “Kritios Boy”. Characteristic of works created in the period after the Persian Wars. The artist is thought to be the sculptor Kritios or Kritias. After 480 BC (Acr. 698) © Acropolis Museum. Photo Socratis Mavrommatis

It is suggested that the statue may in fact have been created under the stylistic influence of Kritios and Nesiotes (often doubted), that the Kritios Boy represents a young hero (Theseus, in. victim not of Persians but of either accident or Athenians.