Date
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477-476 BC
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Provenance
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Agora (Market place, heart of city)
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Material
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Originally bronze, marble copies.
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Attribution
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Kritios and Nesiotes
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Authenticity
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Roman marble copy of Greek bronze original
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Subject Matter
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Honorary statues. Symbols of democracy.
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Anatomy
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Fingers and toes have more detail.
Age difference.
Facial hair on Aristogeiton, none on Harmodius.
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Pattern and Proportion
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Less pattern than Anavyssos and New York Kouros.
1:7, 1.98m, more than life-size.
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Pose and Realism
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More movement/animation in arms and legs.
Symmetrical poses.
Action pose – first time seeing fully raised arm.
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Drapery
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Mostly nude.
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Emotion
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No archaic smile, inclusion of severe expression.
Harmodius confident, Aristogeiton more concealing.
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Viewpoint
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Views interesting from many angles, not just front.
Viewer made the tyrant, involved in the scene.
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