Kore (sculpture)

Kore, plural Koren (of Attic κόρη Kore "girls", "virgin", also κούρη Kure ( Homer ), κώρα Kora ( Doric ), κόρα Kora (Lesbos - Attic ) Greek plural: κόραι, also κούραι, κώραι ko ( u ) rai) referred to in the archaic Greek sculpture a mostly made ​​of marble, originally painted sculpture.

It represents a dressed girl, which usually with legs together (or the left foot a little mounting) stands with a straight posture. The poor often depend on the side of their body down or an arm is bent and wearing a votive offering. They usually wear a peplos or a chiton.

Such Koren were used not only as a free- standing sculptures, but also in the Greek temple architecture instead of pillars and called caryatids. Best known are the caryatids of the Erechtheion Koren or the Acropolis in Athens, which are ( BC 430-410 ) associated with the so-called rich style.

See as a male counterpart also: Kouros.

In a broader sense, any Mädchenstatu were ( ett ) s in Greece κόραι ( " girl " ) is mentioned, also the ladies performing Tanagra figurines.