Kora of Sicyon
Kora (Greek: Κόρα) or Callirhoe (fl. c. 650 BC) is considered to be the first female artist for whom there is evidence.[1]
She is believed to have been born between 700 BC and 601 BC in the Greek city Sicyon.[1] She was said to be the daughter of Butades of Sicyon, a potter and sculpture of the time.[2] She and her father are mentioned in Pliny the Elder's Natural History among the mythic stories of the invention of sculpture.[2][3][4] Kora drew the shadow of the face of her lover with coal on the wall. Butades immediately recognized the likeness and quickly filled his daughter's portrait with clay.[1] This was considered to be the first clay relief and was kept preserved as a gift in Corinth's nymphaeum until the Romans under Lucius Mummius sacked the city in 146 BC.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b c "Kora of Sicyon". Archived from the original on 2019-06-05. Retrieved 2019-04-23.[self-published source]
- ^ a b c "Brooklyn Museum: Kora". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved 2019-04-23.
- ^ Urlichs, Ludwig von, "Core (2)". In William Smith (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. 1. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1867.
- ^ Pliny, Natural History 35.43.
- 7th-century BC Greek sculptors
- Ancient Greek sculptors
- Ancient Sicyonians
- Ancient Greek women artists
- 7th-century BC Greek women