FILE: 07_Kore figure.jpg

TITLE: SCULPTURE - Kore from Chios - GREECE

DESCRIPTION: ARCHAIC KORE FIGURE = 1.Female equivalent of kouros figure 2.young woman,maiden 3.NOT a portrait. Grave marker. 4.ALWAYS DRESSED - NOT universal like male kouros. Dress and hair "place" her. 5.Garment painted using ENCAUSTIC method (pigment and hot wax leaving shiny, hard surface when cool) in complicated, bright pattern 6. ARCHAIC=smiling