Archaic+Smile

=Archaic Smile= The **Archaic smile** was used by Greek Archaic sculptors, especially in the second quarter of the sixth century BCE, used to suggest that their subject was alive, and infused with a sense of well-being. To viewers habituated to realism, the smile is flat and quite unnatural looking, although it could be seen as a movement towards naturalism. One of the most famous examples of the Archaic Smile is the Kroisos Kouros