Here is the synopsis of our sample research paper on Egyptian Influence and Greek Kouros Statuary. Have the paper e-mailed to you 24/7/365.
Essay / Research Paper Abstract
A 5 page research paper that investigates the influence of Egyptian art on early Greek statues, such as the kouros at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Page Count:
5 pages (~225 words per page)
File: KL9_khmetkouros.doc
Buy This Term Paper »
Unformatted sample text from the term paper:
listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Egyptian Influence and Greek Kouros Statuary Research Compiled
By - March, 2012 properly! The Greek kouros statue, from the Archaic
period, that is part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is an excellent example of this type of statuary. The nude male youth is depicted with a
characteristic stance with his left leg slightly forward and his hands clenched and held straight at his sides. This stance is suggestive of an Egyptian influence. Based on the resemblance
to Egyptian art, this paper will investigate what scholarship has revealed about possible Egyptian influences on early Greek statuary, focusing primarily on the Archaic period, that is, the late seventh
to the early fifth centuries B.C. The description of the kouros at the Metropolitan indicates that the Greeks learned to quarry stone, as well as how to go approach the
task of creating large-scale statuary from Egyptian artists, who had created large-scale statues for centuries ("Statue"). The description of the statue provided by the Metropolitans Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
indicates that art historians agree that pose of the kouros follows a formula that was directly derived from Egyptian art, but that Greek art differs from the Egyptian in that
nude male Egyptian statues are typically pictured as skirted, rather than totally nude ("Statue"). Another key feature is that the Greek sculptors chose to distribute the weight of the statue
by picturing the youth in the act of walking, which distributed the statues weight and enabled the artist to eliminate a rectangular stone pillar that was needed at the back
...