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Kouros (other)
Kouros is a type of Ancient Greek sculpture, which represents a naked male youth. Kouros may also refer to: *Kroisos Kouros, a marble kouros from Anavyssos in Attica * Blond Kouros's Head of the Acropolis, head of a lost marble statue of a young man now in the Acropolis Museum in Athens *Getty kouros, an over-life-sized dolomitic marble statue bought by the J. Paul Getty Museum *Kouros of Tenea, the grave statue of a youth from Tenea Persons *Kouros Shahmiri, an Iranian famous singer (solo and as part of Andy & Kouros) *Alexis Kouros, a Finnish writer, documentary-maker, director and producer *Yiannis Kouros, Greek ultramarathon runner based in Melbourne, Australia * Christopher Kouros, actor Various * Kouros (perfume) Kouros is a perfume for men produced by Yves Saint Laurent (brand), Yves Saint Laurent. The perfume was introduced in 1981. It was created by perfumer Pierre Bourdon. It is also known as "The Scent of the Gods." The perfume was inspired by a trip ..., a fragranc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kouros
kouros ( grc, κοῦρος, , plural kouroi) is the modern term given to free-standing Ancient Greek sculptures that depict nude male youths. They first appear in the Archaic period in Greece and are prominent in Attica and Boeotia, with a less frequent presence in many other Ancient Greek territories such as Sicily. Such statues are found across the Greek-speaking world; the preponderance of these were found in sanctuaries of Apollo with more than one hundred from the sanctuary of Apollo Ptoion, Boeotia, alone. These free-standing sculptures were typically marble, but the form is also rendered in limestone, wood, bronze, ivory and terracotta. They are typically life-sized, though early colossal examples are up to 3 meters tall. The female sculptural counterpart of the kouros is the kore. Etymology The Ancient Greek word kouros (κοῦρος) refers to "youth, boy, especially of noble rank." When a pubescent was received into the body of grown men, as a grown ''Kouros'', he c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kroisos Kouros
The Kroisos Kouros ( grc, κοῦρος) is a marble kouros from Anavyssos (Ανάβυσσος) in Attica which functioned as a grave marker for a fallen young warrior named Kroisos (). Overview The free-standing sculpture strides forward with the " archaic smile" playing slightly on his face. The sculpture is dated to the Late Archaic Period c. 540–515 BC and stands 1.95 metres high. It is now situated in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens (inv. no. 3851) in Athens, Greece. The sculptor of the kouros is uncertain and there is no secure record of the time and location of its discovery. It was identified in Paris in 1937 in the possession of the art dealer M. Roussos. An investigation was launched and reports showed that some years before it had been illegally unearthed from a burial mound in Anavissos in Attica. It was sawn in various parts and sent to Paris for sale before it was returned to the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. The inscription ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blond Kouros's Head Of The Acropolis
__NOTOC__ The so-called Blond Kouros's Head of the Acropolis is the head of a lost marble statue of a young man (Kouros or Ephebe sculpture type) of ca 480 BC, in the Acropolis Museum in Athens, GreeceInv. 689. The head and part of the pelvis were found in 1923 northeast of the museum site on the Acropolis of Athens. It belongs to the late archaic or early classical period ( Severe style). The curly hair points more to the Archaic than the Classical period. It measures 25 cm in the vertical, in the horizontal under the ears 12.5 cm and in the depth 22.8 cm. (Schrader 1939:197). This sculpture could have been created by one of the teachers of Phidias, Hegias of Athens or Ageladas of Argos. The original blond painting of the curly hair is faded. Only remnants of the paint are visible today. Gallery Copy of blond Kouros' head, color rendition believed to have been used by the artist, painted by Dr. Alfons Neubauer of the Glyptothek, Munich File:Blonder Kopf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Getty Kouros
The Getty kouros is an over-life-sized statue in the form of a late archaic Greek kouros. The dolomitic marble sculpture was bought by the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California, in 1985 for ten million dollars and first exhibited there in October 1986. Despite initial favourable scientific analysis of the patina and aging of the marble, the question of its authenticity has persisted from the beginning. Subsequent demonstration of an artificial means of creating the de-dolomitization observed on the stone has prompted a number of art historians to revise their opinions of the work. If genuine, it is one of only twelve extant complete kouroi. If fake, it exhibits a high degree of technical and artistic sophistication by an as-yet unidentified forger. Its status has remained undetermined: latterly the museum's label read "Greek, about 530 B.C., or modern forgery". Although the statue was removed from public display after the 2018 renovations, Dr. Timothy Potts, the curre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kouros Of Tenea
The grave statue of a youth from Tenea known as the ''Kouros of Tenea'' (formerly ''Apollo of Tenea'') is now located in the Glyptothek in Munich, Germany.Caskey, L. D. 1924. "The Proportions of the Apollo of Tenea." American Journal of Archaeology 28.4:358-367 https://www.jstor.org/stable/497537 The archaic Kouros was created in North-East Peloponnese about 560 BC. The Parian marble statue was discovered in 1846, approximately twenty kilometers South of Ancient Corinth at the site of ancient Tenea. The Kouros was acquired by the Glyptothek in 1853. External links The statue's entry at the Glyptothek References Archaic Greek sculptures 6th-century BC Greek sculptures Tenea Tenea ( el, Τενέα) is a municipal unit within the municipality of Corinth, Corinthia, Peloponnese, Greece. The municipal unit has an area of . Until 2011, it was a municipality whose seat was in Chiliomodi. The modern city is named af ... Collection of the Glyptothek {{Germany-sculpt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kouros Shahmiri
Kouros Shahmiri ( fa, کوروس شاهمیری), also known by the mononym "Kouros" (Persian: ), is an Iranian–American pop singer, best known for being part of the pop duo Andy & Kouros with Andranik Madadian (Andy). Andy and Kouros released four albums together: ''Khastegary'' (1985), ''Parvaz'' (1988), the hugely successful album ''Balla'', and finally ''Goodbye'' (1991). The two split in 1992, with both Andy and Kouros going on to have successful individual solo careers. After the split, Kouros has released a number of solo albums. Andy and Kouros reunited several times after that point. In 2002 and 2004 they performed together for a sold-out audience in San Jose, California. In 2009, Andy & Kouros they went on an international tour together in the Iranian diaspora, and performed together again in May, 2010. They also appeared together on a music video by Farez remaking their hit "Niloufar". Discography Albums ;as Andy & Kouros Andy & Kouros ( Persian: اندی و ک ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexis Kouros
Alexis Kouros (born 1961, in Kermanshah, Iran) is an Iranian-Finnish writer, documentary-maker, director, and producer. His first book, ''Gondwana's Children'', won the Finlandia Junior award in 1997. His first film was the 2000 documentary, ''Waiting for Godot at De Gaulle'', the story of Mehran Karimi Nasseri. He also directed a documentary called '' Without My Daughter'' in response to the 1991 Hollywood movie, '' Not Without My Daughter''. He started his production company Dream Catcher. The company started publishing Finland's first English language monthly called ''SixDegrees Six degrees may refer to: * Six degrees of separation, the theory that anyone on earth can be connected to any other person on the planet through a chain of acquaintances that has no more than five intermediaries * Six degrees of freedom, motion in ...'' in 2003. ''Helsinki Times'', a weekly English newspaper was established by Dream Catcher in April 2007. Kouros went on to become the editor in chief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yiannis Kouros
Yiannis Kouros ( el, Γιάννης Κούρος, ; born 13 February 1956 in Tripoli, Kingdom of Greece) is a Greek ultramarathon runner based in Greece. He is sometimes given the epithets "Running god", "Pheidippides' Successor" or "Son of Pheidippides". Kouros holds many men's outdoor road world records from 100 to 1,000 miles and many road and track records from 12 hours to 6 days. In 1991, he starred as Pheidippides in the movie ''The Story of the Marathon: A Hero's Journey'', which chronicles the history of marathon running. Kouros came to prominence when he won the Spartathlon in 1984 in record time and the Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon in 1985 in a record time of 5 days, 5 hours, 7 minutes and 6 seconds. He beat the previous record held by Cliff Young. Kouros held Australian citizenship for part of his running career and was inducted into the Australian Ultra Runners Association’s Hall of Fame in 2019. Concerning the secret of his success, Kouros claims, "when ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Kouros
Christopher is the English version of a Europe-wide name derived from the Greek name Χριστόφορος (''Christophoros'' or '' Christoforos''). The constituent parts are Χριστός (''Christós''), "Christ" or "Anointed", and φέρειν (''phérein''), "to bear"; hence the "Christ-bearer". As a given name, 'Christopher' has been in use since the 10th century. In English, Christopher may be abbreviated as " Chris", "Topher", and sometimes "Kit". It was frequently the most popular male first name in the United Kingdom, having been in the top twenty in England and Wales from the 1940s until 1995, although it has since dropped out of the top 100. The name is most common in England and not so common in Wales, Scotland, or Ireland. People with the given name Antiquity and Middle Ages * Saint Christopher (died 251), saint venerated by Catholics and Orthodox Christians * Christopher (Domestic of the Schools) (fl. 870s), Byzantine general * Christopher Lekapenos (died 931), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kouros (perfume)
Kouros is a perfume for men produced by Yves Saint Laurent (brand), Yves Saint Laurent. The perfume was introduced in 1981. It was created by perfumer Pierre Bourdon. It is also known as "The Scent of the Gods." The perfume was inspired by a trip to Greece Saint Laurent had taken. He was particularly impressed by the kouroi: J’avais été fasciné par le bleu de la mer, le ciel, la fraîcheur intense qui émanait de cet univers voué à la beauté. Dans le même temps, j’ai revu les statues de ces jeunes hommes qui sont la splendeur de la statuaire grecque. ... J’avais mon nouveau parfum. Et son nom. ''(I had been fascinated by the blue of the sea, the sky, the intense freshness which emanated from this universe dedicated to beauty. At the same time, I saw the statues of these young men who are the splendor of Greek statuary . ... I had my new perfume. And its name.)'' PERFUME NOTES * Top notes: Aldehydes, Bergamot, Tarragon, Clary Sage, Coriander * Heart notes: Carnation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
