noun
- an ancient Greek statue of a nude young man, typically from the Archaic period
Usage: art history
Examples
- The museum’s collection includes several marble kouroi from the 6th century BCE.
- This kouros displays the characteristic rigid pose of early Greek sculpture.
- Archaeologists discovered a well-preserved kouros at the ancient sanctuary.
- The kouros represents an idealized young male figure in Greek art.
- Students studied the evolution from kouros to more naturalistic sculptures.
- The limestone kouros shows Egyptian influence on early Greek artists.