Head of a Young Woman

This head of a young woman is designed after Greek art in the Archaic period (c. 600–480 BCE). She references a type of Greek statue called a <em>kore </em>in her heavily patterned hair, almond-shaped eyes, neutral expression, and large disk earrings, best preserved on the right ear. Her <em>stephane</em> or diadem crown is from the later Hellenistic period; however, with the addition of the decorative vegetal scroll it is characteristic of Roman art. All these elements together are not found in original Greek archaic artworks. This ancient combination of deliberately historic styles is called <em>archaizing </em>or <em>archaistic</em> by modern scholars.