(AS Art and Architecture) - What is the significance of the Kritios Boy as a transition piece between Kouroi and Bronze Sculpting.

The Kritios Boy is important as it represented all the fundamental flaws presented with the 'Kouros type' sculpture. For example, the Kritios Boy is attempting to breach realism and does this through a slight glance to the side, which suggests movement and life. This breaks away from other Kouroi, like the Anavysos Kouros for example, as it is breaking the frontal voice of the sculpture, though only slightly. This further done through natural elements, such as hair falling away from the fillet, which goes against the symmetrical stylised nature of the other Kouroi. This highlight how the sculptors had become limited in what they were able to do, because of the previous trends towards stylism and symmetry, over naturalism. Another key element on how the Kritios Boy is a transition piece is the influences of bronze casting seen in the face. This is a reference to the inlaid eyes, which is when the eyes are left hollow and would then later be filled with coloured stone or onyx. Furthermore, the broken Kritios Boy also showed the brittle nature of marble at the time, and thus in order to create more lifelike and innovative sculpture, there was a new to develop new and more durable methods.