Marble Female Figure Cycladic

The stylization of the human body that is elegant almost to the point of mannerism.

Marble female figure cycladic.

The figure represents a rare type known as steatopygous characterized by particularly full legs and buttocks and is undoubtedly indicative of fertility. The type is known to archaeologists as a faf for folded arm figure ine. On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 150. Around the beginning of ec ii roughly 2800 2300 bc figurines that are now labelled canonical were being used.

Cycladic art therefore comprises one of the three main branches of aegean art. 4500 4000 bce this marble figurine is from the earliest days of art production in the cycladic islands. Early cycladic art in north american collections. The cycladic islands of the aegean were first inhabited by voyagers from asia minor around 3000 bce and a certain prosperity was achieved thanks to the wealth of natural resources on the islands such as gold silver copper obsidian and marble this prosperity allowed for a flourishing of the arts and the uniqueness of cycladic art is perhaps best illustrated by their clean lined and.

She is classified as part of the steatopygous type a voluptuous full bodied female figure universally accepted to have associations with fertility 1 though figurines of this type are more rare in cycladic art there are several other neolithic era steatopygous figures attributed to the. Marble figurines are the most impressive creations of cycladic art. Marble female figure 2600 2400 b c. Attributed to the bastis master.

They usually represent nude female figures with the arms folded above the abdomen normally the left arm resting upon the right one slightly flexed knees and a barely uplifted backward slanting head. Marble female figure final neolithic museum number 1972 118 104 the metropolitan museum of art new york united states. Figures in cycladic art by celia romani cycladic figures come from a grouping of islands known as the cyclades located in the aegean sea. The name derives from the greek word for circle kyklos as the ancient greeks believed they formed a circle around the sacred island of delos 1 artistic growth and development in the cyclades was centered around the main four islands paros naxos keros.

The best known type of artwork that has survived is the marble figurine most commonly a single full length female figure with arms folded across the front. The figure now missing its head is an example of an uncommon type known as steatopygous. It s also known as the final neolithical cycladic marble. The recognition of distinct artistic personalities in cycladic sculpture is based upon recurring systems of proportion and details of execution.