National Archaeological Museum in Athens
Statue of a kouros.
Naxian marble. Found in Melos. A typical island work, exhibiting the slenderness, delicacy and grace of Cycladic art.
About 550 B.C.
→ The National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece, has a wonderful sculpture collection with around a thousand of the museum's 16,000 sculptures on permanent display. Exceptional highlights include the korai and kouroi sculptures from the archaic period and the rare large bronze sculptures from the classical and Hellenistic periods.
National Archaeological Museum in Athens
Statue of a kouros.
Naxian marble. Found in Melos. A typical island work, exhibiting the slenderness, delicacy and grace of Cycladic art.
About 550 B.C.
→ The National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece, has a wonderful sculpture collection with around a thousand of the museum's 16,000 sculptures on permanent display. Exceptional highlights include the korai and kouroi sculptures from the archaic period and the rare large bronze sculptures from the classical and Hellenistic periods.