Arts Universe and Philology

Arts Universe and Philology
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Σάββατο 3 Νοεμβρίου 2012

today's art: Ευθυδίκου κόρη, "η μουτρωμένη". Kore of Euthydikos, “The sulky kore” (Ακρ. 686. Γύρω στο 490-485 π.Χ.)

Αποτελεί τον τελευταίο σταθμό της αρχαϊκής τέχνης, αντιπροσωπευτικό δείγμα του αυστηρού ρυθμού και είναι έργο του Ευθυδίκου.

Η κόρη αποκτά μια ολοκληρωμένη σωματικότητα. Στο πρόσωπο τα φρύδια είναι πιο χαμηλά, το βλέφαρο είναι παχύ, ενώ ο βολβός του ματιού τοποθετήθηκε πιο βαθιά. Τα χείλη είναι οριζόντια. Το σώμα είναι σωστά δοσμένο και θηλυκό: στενοί στρογγυλοί ώμοι, απαλά στήθη, λεπτές κνήμες και πόδια. Διακρίνεται μια μεγαλύτερη άνεση στο χειρισμό του ενδύματος που αφήνει προκλητικά τον ένα μαστό ακάλυπτο με την πλεξούδα να πέφτει για να καλύψει τη γύμνια. Πόση διαφορά υπάρχει από την κόρη της Auxerre!




















The “Euthydikos Kore”,  “The sulky kore” After 480 BC, Parian marble (statue). Pentelic marble (base). The inscription states the Euthydikos, son of Thaliarchos, dedicated (the statue). New Acropolis Museum.

Subject Description: Dedicatory statue of maiden, late example of kore type. Frontal pose, characteristic archaic gesture of skirt pulled to side, here with left hand. Left leg forward. Right arm originally extended in offering. Coiffure relatively simple with emphatic central part, three long tresses fall forward over each shoulder. Ionic style of dress with himation over thin chiton, but again simply rendered. Detailed decoration added in paint, as the frieze of racing chariots on the chiton.

Form & Style: Stance and mannerism of skirt pulled hard against legs are characteristically archaic, but concern with underlying structure rather than surface pattern pushes statue into period of Early Classical development. Often compared with Blond Boy (Athens,Acropolis 689). Perhaps by same sculptor.

Date Description: Generally considered to be part of the debris from the Persian destruction of 480.

Condition: Fragmentary

Condition Description: Broken in large fragments with few chips as from single fall, but where preserved surface is fresh and shows little wear. This fragment preserves upper body including head and most of left arm, broken at waist. Another fragment, Athens, Acropolis 609, preserves lower legs and plinth, set into inscribed base. Traces of painted friezedepicting chariot race decorate chitonstill visi

Material Description: Possibly Parian marble

Inscription: On the base, a column capital, in stoichedon: *E*U*Q*U*D*I*K*O*S [epig-rough]*O *Q*A*L*I*A*R*X*O *A*N*E*Q*E*K*E*N, "Euthydikos son of Thaliarchos dedicated it." A second dedication by Euthydikos is also known. Raubitscheck suggested it may have been set up after 480 B.C. to replace this one, probably destroyed by the Persians.






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