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.
Peplos kore marble.
The peplos kore is a statue of a girl and one of the most well known examples of archaic greek art the 118 cm high 46 in high white marble statue was made around 530 bc and originally was colourfully painted.
The development of this 3d model has received funding from the european union seventh framework programme fp7 2007 2013 under grant agreement n 270198.
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.
It is possible that the statue does not represent a kore but the goddess artemis with arrows and a bow in her hands.
She owes her name to the garment she wears a type of peplos.
Peplos kore from athens height 4 feet c.
Essentially the kore pl.
Peplos refers to the type of robe or shawl like fabric draped over the figure and kore means a girl or young female.
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.
A kore is a type of figure that was found throughout ancient greece.
The peplos kore is one of the most well known and popular pieces of archaic greek art.
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.
The peplos kore c.
Unlike its male counterparts this kore statue is clothed.
Korai is the female version of the kouros except she isn t nude.
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.
This white marble statue stands 1 17 cm high was made around 530 bc and was originally colorfully painted.
Digital superimposition of original colors onto a 3d computer generated image of the original ancient work.
The peplos kore 530 βc.
They can still be seen as dark areas of oxidisation on the original in the akropolis museum.
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.
679 the antenor kore.
The peplos kore is 1 18 metres tall and is made of parian marble quarried not far from athens.
The ornate hair that drapes naturally on her.