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The face is bronze, no? Best to say. Also, how often were the sculptures colossal (say 3x life-size? 16:42, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
Dear nameless colleagues, can you please discuss your changes before you edit here? Your edits seem to be based on a misunderstanding. The Palaikastro Kouros is a Minoan statuette depicting a clothed or partially clothed man. It has absolutely no connection with Archaic kouroi. In my opinion its popular name is a misnomer, but it is its established name. That's why the article said "so-called Kouros, and why I have removed the link. What connects the Palaikastro figure with chryselephantine sculpture is that it is made of the same materials (there are a few other Aegean bronze age examples of such, but none as famous). athinaios 21:41, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi again. I reverted some of your edits, and included others in a slightly altered form. Thanks for spotting some issues. I give detailed reasons for some of my changes below.
athinaios ( talk) 01:57, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
One problem with your expectations might be that you should not be writing for professionals here, in fact, you should not be "writing" original material about the details at all. Personal opinions are inappropriate here because we are "editors" and need references for material that may be verified for opinions. If this is your profession, please quote published materials known to you through research for entries and cite them. Attempts to clarify your thesis so that it is comprehensable to our readers is important... our readers often have no expertise in the area and we need to clarify many things that you seem to consider tedious... We are involved in a cooperative effort yet anyone may edit your entries in an attempt to make the article better. Most editors are well intended. I hope this enables you to be more comfortable with your contributions and the contributions of others. You need to use references to oppose entries that conflict with your own entries -- if they are technical. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.196.169.194 ( talk) 19:37, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
Under the heading "Ancient examples", the fourth paragraph begins "The two best-known examples, both from the Classical period, are those sculpted by Phidias: the 13-metre-long (43 ft) tall standing statue of Athena Parthenos..." (emphases added) Unless the figure happens to have the same height as its length, the apparent disagreement between whether the dimension is describing the length or the height needs to be resolved. Bricology ( talk) 21:42, 30 August 2020 (UTC)
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The face is bronze, no? Best to say. Also, how often were the sculptures colossal (say 3x life-size? 16:42, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
Dear nameless colleagues, can you please discuss your changes before you edit here? Your edits seem to be based on a misunderstanding. The Palaikastro Kouros is a Minoan statuette depicting a clothed or partially clothed man. It has absolutely no connection with Archaic kouroi. In my opinion its popular name is a misnomer, but it is its established name. That's why the article said "so-called Kouros, and why I have removed the link. What connects the Palaikastro figure with chryselephantine sculpture is that it is made of the same materials (there are a few other Aegean bronze age examples of such, but none as famous). athinaios 21:41, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
Hi again. I reverted some of your edits, and included others in a slightly altered form. Thanks for spotting some issues. I give detailed reasons for some of my changes below.
athinaios ( talk) 01:57, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
One problem with your expectations might be that you should not be writing for professionals here, in fact, you should not be "writing" original material about the details at all. Personal opinions are inappropriate here because we are "editors" and need references for material that may be verified for opinions. If this is your profession, please quote published materials known to you through research for entries and cite them. Attempts to clarify your thesis so that it is comprehensable to our readers is important... our readers often have no expertise in the area and we need to clarify many things that you seem to consider tedious... We are involved in a cooperative effort yet anyone may edit your entries in an attempt to make the article better. Most editors are well intended. I hope this enables you to be more comfortable with your contributions and the contributions of others. You need to use references to oppose entries that conflict with your own entries -- if they are technical. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.196.169.194 ( talk) 19:37, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
Under the heading "Ancient examples", the fourth paragraph begins "The two best-known examples, both from the Classical period, are those sculpted by Phidias: the 13-metre-long (43 ft) tall standing statue of Athena Parthenos..." (emphases added) Unless the figure happens to have the same height as its length, the apparent disagreement between whether the dimension is describing the length or the height needs to be resolved. Bricology ( talk) 21:42, 30 August 2020 (UTC)