The statue was found in three pieces in an 1886 excavation north west of the erechtheion on the athenian acropolis and is now in the acropolis museum in athens.
Peplos kore marble.
So this is know as the peplos kore because we originally thought she was simply wearing a peplos which is an ancient greek costume a rectangle of cloth often linen that is pinned at the shoulders and then falls down.
530 bce is a fine example of the attica style standing in a rigid pose obedient and immobile as it were yet bursting with strength and femininity through her soft arms the kind features of her face and the subtle suggestion of the curvature of her body under the heavy peplos.
Peplos kore from athens height 4 feet c.
The peplos kore is one of the most well known and popular pieces of archaic greek art.
Leading work of an attic workshop.
The peplos kore c.
Essentially the kore pl.
Traces of paint survived on the surfaces of the statue when she was found.
A kore is a type of figure that was found throughout ancient greece.
The peplos kore is 1 18 metres tall and is made of parian marble quarried not far from athens.
530 bce marble the acropolis museum athens the peplos kore a dedication on the athenian acropolis provides as her name implies an example of a kore wearing the peplos in this instance over a chiton the close set folds of which appear at the bottom of the figure dated around 530 bce she is among the last korai to wear the peplos.
679 the antenor kore.
And like the kouroi the korai are believed to be commemorative offerings to the gods and also used to show off a family s prestige.
She owes her name to the garment she wears a type of peplos.
Korai is the female version of the kouros except she isn t nude.
The ornate hair that drapes naturally on her.
They can still be seen as dark areas of oxidisation on the original in the akropolis museum.
It is possible that the statue does not represent a kore but the goddess artemis with arrows and a bow in her hands.
Marble from paros acr.
The peplos kore 530 βc.
Digital superimposition of original colors onto a 3d computer generated image of the original ancient work.
She is assumed to be wearing a peplos a rich outer robe or shawl worn by women in ancient greece hanging in loose folds and sometimes drawn over the head which is where the name comes from although there really isn t a way to tell what it actually is.
Unlike its male counterparts this kore statue is clothed.
The peplos kore is a statue of a girl and one of the most well known examples of archaic greek art the 118 cm high 46 in high white marble statue was made around 530 bc and originally was colourfully painted.
This white marble statue stands 1 17 cm high was made around 530 bc and was originally colorfully painted.