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.

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 …

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.

The Kore was discovered in January of 1886 in the so-called "Korai Pit", northwest of the Erechtheion. She was reassembled from 15 fragments and restored. She is one of the largest Korai of the Acropolis, carved in two separate marble pieces which were joined together.

Le korai, singolare kore. sono il corrispondente femminile dei kouroi, spesso rappresentate come giovani donne che hanno appena superato la fase della fanciullezza.

Feb 14, 2018 · La kore è una giovane donna vestita, in posizione stante che rappresenta, indifferentemente, una divinità o un essere umano. La funzione di queste grandi sculture, le cui dimensioni si attestano tra i due e i tre metri di altezza, è devozionale o funebre.

The Korai of the Acropolis of Athens are a group of female statues (Korai), discovered in the Perserschutt of the Acropolis of Athens in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, all of the same typology and clear votive function.

The Kore was discovered in 1886 in the so-called "Korai Pit" northwest of the Erechtheion. She was found in many fragments and was later reassembled. The Kore stands on a plinth carved out of the same block of marble.

La Kore con il peplo è una statua greca arcaica in marmo, alta 120 cm e conservata nel Museo dell'Acropoli ad Atene (n. 679).

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.