{"id":284,"date":"2021-05-07T05:59:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T05:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/kouros.jpeg"},"modified":"2021-05-20T19:06:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T19:06:18","slug":"kouros","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/kouros\/","title":{"rendered":"Getty Kouros"},"author":9137,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/kouros-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/kouros-225x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/kouros-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/kouros-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/kouros-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/kouros-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/kouros-1568x2091.jpeg 1568w, https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/copiesfakesforgeries\/files\/2021\/05\/kouros-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" style=\"width:100%;height:133.33%;max-width:1920px;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Purchased by the Getty Museum in 1986, this \u201cGreek\u201d kouros, claimed to date from 530 BCE, raised immediate suspicion from art historians after its first public display. The sculpture didn\u2019t \u201clook right\u201d because of its \u201cfresh quality\u201d and details that looked \u201coff\u201d such as the fingernails. Initial examination by a geologist had revealed that the stone was from an ancient Greek quarry and had a surface layer of calcamite which forms naturally from dolomitic marble only after hundreds to thousands of years. However, further investigation revealed that the \u201caging\u201d was likely induced by potato mold over a couple of months, not hundreds of years. The Getty maintains that \u201cthe anomalies of the Getty kouros may be due more to our limited knowledge of Greek sculpture in this period rather than to mistakes on the part of a forger.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><em>By Annie Muller<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sources: <\/p>\n<p>Gladwell, Malcolm. \u201cIntroduction: The Statue That Didn\u2019t Look Right.\u201d <em>Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking<\/em>. New York and Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 2005. 3\u201317.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kouros.&#8221; The J. Paul Getty Museum. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getty.edu\/art\/collection\/objects\/10930\/unknown-maker-kouros-greek-about-530-bc-or-modern-forgery\/\">http:\/\/www.getty.edu\/art\/collection\/objects\/10930\/unknown-maker-kouros-greek-about-530-bc-or-modern-forgery\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p><em>Kouros<\/em>, Greek, c. 530 BCE, or modern forgery. Marble. Los Angeles: J. 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