The Getty Kouros and other anomalies

Forfattere

  • Siri Sande

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5617/acta.5742

Sammendrag

The kouros purchased by the Getty Museum in 1985 is considered to be a forgery by many scholars, since it shows several stylistic discrepancies. In this article it is suggested that it is an ancient work, but Roman, not Greek. Such a statue could have been set up in an old sanctuary to compete with genuine Archaic statues, or it could have been made for a Roman sanctuary playing host to an older cult, where it would have lent an air of venerability to the precint, perhaps in company with other retrospective sculpture.

Hvordan referere

Sande, S. (2017) «The Getty Kouros and other anomalies», Acta ad archaeologiam et artium historiam pertinentia, 20(6 N.S.), s. 51–64. doi: 10.5617/acta.5742.

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