530 bce marble the acropolis museum athens the peplos kore a dedication on the athenian acropolis provides as her name implies an example of a kore wearing the peplos in this instance over a chiton the close set folds of which appear at the bottom of the figure dated around 530 bce she is among the last korai to wear the peplos.
Peplos kore marble.
Traces of paint survived on the surfaces of the statue when she was found.
Essentially the kore pl.
She is assumed to be wearing a peplos a rich outer robe or shawl worn by women in ancient greece hanging in loose folds and sometimes drawn over the head which is where the name comes from although there really isn t a way to tell what it actually is.
The development of this 3d model has received funding from the european union seventh framework programme fp7 2007 2013 under grant agreement n 270198.
So this is know as the peplos kore because we originally thought she was simply wearing a peplos which is an ancient greek costume a rectangle of cloth often linen that is pinned at the shoulders and then falls down.
It is possible that the statue does not represent a kore but the goddess artemis with arrows and a bow in her hands.
The statue was found in three pieces in an 1886 excavation north west of the erechtheion on the athenian acropolis and is now in the acropolis museum in athens.
She owes her name to the garment she wears a type of peplos.
The peplos kore c.
Unlike its male counterparts this kore statue is clothed.
This white marble statue stands 1 17 cm high was made around 530 bc and was originally colorfully painted.
Marble from paros acr.
This particular kore comes from the acropolis also part of the ap art history 250 so it is probably a votive offering to the goddess.
The peplos kore is one of the most well known and popular pieces of archaic greek art.
530 bce is a fine example of the attica style standing in a rigid pose obedient and immobile as it were yet bursting with strength and femininity through her soft arms the kind features of her face and the subtle suggestion of the curvature of her body under the heavy peplos.
The peplos kore is 1 18 metres tall and is made of parian marble quarried not far from athens.
679 the antenor kore.
Peplos refers to the type of robe or shawl like fabric draped over the figure and kore means a girl or young female.
Digital superimposition of original colors onto a 3d computer generated image of the original ancient work.
And like the kouroi the korai are believed to be commemorative offerings to the gods and also used to show off a family s prestige.
The ornate hair that drapes naturally on her.
Leading work of an attic workshop.
They can still be seen as dark areas of oxidisation on the original in the akropolis museum.
Korai is the female version of the kouros except she isn t nude.
Peplos kore from athens height 4 feet c.