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youth statue. the "kritios boy" (acropolis museum)

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Kritios Boy, acrylic on canvas

Kritios Boy

The Kritios Boy is an Early Classical Greek sculpture with an eventful history. He began his life in the world-renowned Acropolis of Athens 2,500 years ago, was damaged during a Persian onslaught in 480 BC, was buried to prevent further destruction, had its body rediscovered in rubble over two millennia later, and was reunited with its head after 23 years. He remains as a prime example of the artistic transition between the Archaic and Classical sculptural style of ancient Greece.

This famous sculpture was masterfully created out of marble, and is believed to have been sculpted in the early 5th century BC. The Kritios Boy was named as such due to the belief that it was the work of the Athenian sculptor Kritios. This attribution was based on the resemblance between the head of this sculpture and that of Harmodius, another of Kritios’ work.

(Athens, New Acropolis Museum.)

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