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ILLUSTRATION H
archaic Greek Apollo-type
The Kroisos Kouros-marble kouros from Attica, a grave marker for a fallen young warrior named Kroisos; the free-standing sculpture strides forward with the "archaic smile" on his face; dated 540–515 BC, stands 1.95 meters high.
Egyptian portraiture
Seated Scribe-sculpture representing a figure of a seated scribe at work, discovered at Saqqara, in 1850 & dated to the Old Kingdom, from either the 5th Dynasty (2450–2325 BC) or the 4th Dynasty (2620–2500 BC). Today on the Louvre Museum in Paris. It is a painted limestone statue, the eyes inlaid with rock crystal, magnesite (magnesium carbonate), copper-arsenic alloy, and nipples made of wood.
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