Kouros (English spelling)

Japanese: クーロス(英語表記)kouros
Kouros (English spelling)
A Greek word meaning "youth." It refers to the upright statues of nude young men in Greek sculpture from the late 7th century BC to the early 5th century BC. Some were votive statues of deities in sacred areas, but most were funerary statues of the dead erected on tombs. The statue stands upright, facing forward, with the left foot slightly forward, both arms hanging straight at the sides, and both hands pressed tightly against the thighs. Over 200 statues, including fragments, are known, but the main examples are the "Youth from Sounion" (c. 600 BC, National Archaeological Museum, Athens), "Apollo of Tenea" (actually a tomb statue of a young man, c. 550 BC, Glyptothek, Munich), "Tomb of Croesus" (c. 530-520 BC, National Archaeological Museum, Athens), and "Boy of Kritias" (c. 480 BC, Acropolis Museum). (→ Kore )

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Japanese:
「青年」の意味のギリシア語。前7世紀末から前5世紀初頭にかけてのギリシア彫刻史における直立青年裸像をさす。神域の奉納神像である場合もあるが,多くは墓の上に立てられた死者の墓像。左足をわずかに前に出し,両腕をまっすぐに脇に垂らしてこぶしを握った両手をぴったりと腿につけ,正面を向いて直立。断片も含めて 200点余の像が知られているが,主要な作例は『スニオン出土の青年』 (前 600頃,アテネ国立考古学博物館) ,『テネアのアポロン』 (実際は青年墓像,前 550頃,ミュンヘン,グリュプトテーク) ,『クロイソス墓像』 (前 530~520頃,アテネ国立考古学博物館) ,『クリティオスの少年』 (前 480頃,アクロポリス美術館) など。 (→コレー )  

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