Summarize the features and function that distinguish the kouros and the kore.

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

The ideal answer should include:
- In kouros statutes, the male body was celebrated in nude sculptural form; this is called "cult of the body."
- The sculptor's goal in kouros sculpture was to naturalize the form to achieve physical perfection.
- These kouros figures were sometimes made in remembrance of a Greek male who had been killed.
- The kore (plural, korai) is the young maiden, whose natural form lagged behind in its articulation (in part because the male form was considered perfect and celebrated, while the female form was considered virtuous).
- The korai was probably an offering in votive to the goddess Athena.
- The anatomical realism of the korai is suppressed by the straight lines of the sturdy garment known as a peplos.