h no facial expression. The classical statue on the other hand does not have any facial expressions but has open eyes and no smile. This face is one of deep contemplation or of something even simpler. The emotion in the archaic figure is nothing more than the smile. The stiff figure gives no feeling of anything. Neither emotion nor animation is present. The classical figure has the facial expression of something like contemplation, but his figure is in a pose of relaxation while holding a spear. The two statues are both made out of marble. However, the Doryphoros, is a marble copy of a bronze original. The Kouros figure was painted. The “skin” was not painted it was polished. The eyes and hair were painted a natural color. There is no support for the archaic statue other than the base. The classical statue does have a support other than the base. These two statues might seem to be very similar, yet they actually contain almost no similarities. The archaic figure is a very stiff and frontal one. The classical is a very emotional and realistic one. ...
