Apollo’s Fire: Chapter 11 (Conclusion)
My favorite Archaic Smile is the one on the Moschophoros or Calf-Bearer (ca. 570). He looks quite pleased about something. …
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Apollo’s Fire: Chapter 10
Zombie posts all this week while I am in Germany giving a paper, drinking beer and not eating sausage. I’ll …
Apollo’s Fire: Chapter 8
Genuine kouros statues are rare enough that they are given individual names. The “New York Kouros” is in the Metropolitan Museum …
Apollo’s Fire: Chapter 5
The small (75 cm) Auxerre Goddess is a rare example of a female figure in the Daedalic style. Originally from …
Apollo’s Fire: Chapter 4
The Getty kouros, purchased for nine million dollars in 1985, is believed by many to be a forgery. According to …
Apollo’s Fire: Chapter 3
Many Archaic statues served as gravestones. There’s something profoundly sad about the charming figures of youths called kouroi, because these were used …
Apollo’s Fire: Chapter 1
This is a story about a woman, two Beautiful Men, and the god Apollo. It’s a quieter, more contemplative story than my …
Iron Age Gender Bending?
The other day I showed my students this photograph of an ancient statue and asked them to tell me whether …
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