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Ancient Civilisations: A Survey of Classical Greek Sculpture
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The ancient Greeks repeatedly explored the beauty of the human body. Their sculptures do not provide a single definition. Across three works, beauty shifts from ideal youth, to measurable proportion, and finally to a body brought to life through action and viewed by a moving viewer.
The Kroisos Kouros, created around 530 BC, once stood above the grave of…
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