The marble statue of a kouros is a perfect example of how many of the Greek sculptures first started off as. This Greek sculpture borrows from Egyptian sculptures. For example, the statues has its arms beside the body and has its left foot forward. This stiff pose is “a clear and simple formula, derives from Egyptian art and was used by Greek sculptors for more than a hundred years” (Marble statue of a kouros, 2016). This statue shows an unnatural human anatomy in the V-shaped ridge of the hips, and does not accurately portray the “rounded flesh and muscle of the human body” (Kleiner, F., 2014, 110). Another example of inaccurate portrayal of the human body is the disproportionate slim waist. The statue has very wide eyes, making it Egyptian
