Cycladic Art

Cycladic Art
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Total Pages : 104
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ISBN-10 : UCSD:31822031289143
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Synopsis Cycladic Art by : J. Lesley Fitton

"At the dawn of European history, in the third millennium BC, the small Greek islands in the southern Aegean known as the Cyclades were home to a remarkable and distinctive culture. Among its most characteristic products were vessels and sculpted figures fashioned from the local marble, and today these Cycladic figurines are admired around the world. This concise introduction to Cycladic art puts the figurines and other objects into the context provided by current knowledge of early life in the islands."--Jacket.

Early Cycladic Sculpture

Early Cycladic Sculpture
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Publisher : Getty Publications
Total Pages : 100
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ISBN-10 : 9780892362202
ISBN-13 : 0892362200
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Synopsis Early Cycladic Sculpture by : Pat Getz-Preziosi

First published in 1985, this ground-breaking book surveys the development of Cycladic sculpture produced by unidentified artists who worked in the Aegean islands forty-five hundred years ago. Illustrated with numerous objects from American collections—with particular emphasis on some two dozen pieces in the Getty Museum—this volume surveys the typological development of Early Cycladic sculpture and identifies, where possible, the work of individual sculptors. Newly revised and updated, this book is a concise introduction to the field.

Personal Styles in Early Cycladic Sculpture

Personal Styles in Early Cycladic Sculpture
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Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Total Pages : 364
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ISBN-10 : 9780299172039
ISBN-13 : 0299172031
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Synopsis Personal Styles in Early Cycladic Sculpture by : Pat Getz-Gentle

Annotation "Personal Styles in Early Cycladic Sculpture represents the culmination of thirty-five years of study. Pat Getz-Gentle offers here much new material and many fresh insights into a tradition, rooted in the Neolithic period, that spanned most of the third millennium B.C. She begins with a review of this tradition, placing particular emphasis on the stages leading to the reclining figure with folded arms that is the unique and quintessential icon of the early Bronze Age culture at the center of the Aegean. She then focuses on the styles of fifteen sculptors, several of whom are identified and discussed for the first time in this volume. By introducing little-known pieces attributable to these sculptors, she illuminates various phases of their artistic development."--BOOK JACKET. Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Aegean Waves

Aegean Waves
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Total Pages : 224
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015073930961
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Synopsis Aegean Waves by : Nikolaos Chr Stampolidēs

Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Cycladic culture is best known for its flat female idols carved out of the islands' pure white marble. This beautiful illustrated book explores these periods in Cycladic culture and how the natural environment of the islands shaped its art. It also addresses the settlements of these periods and the artifacts produced by their potters, marble-carvers, and metalworkers. Maps are interspersed throughout the text, along with a chronological table, plans of known settlements, cemeteries, and individual tombs, as well as photographs of archaeological digs and landscapes by well-known photographers. Items from the Museum's Collection are also presented, followed by commentary and comprehensive text that venture at the items' probable significance and functions.

Early Cycladic Sculpture in Context

Early Cycladic Sculpture in Context
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Publisher : Oxbow Books Limited
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1785701959
ISBN-13 : 9781785701955
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis Early Cycladic Sculpture in Context by : Mariza Martharē

The sculpture of the early bronze age Cyclades has been systematically studied since the time of Christos Tsountas at the end of the 19th century. But that study has been hampered by the circumstance that so many of the subsequent finds come from unauthorized excavations, where the archaeological context was irretrievably lost. Largely for that reason there are still many problems surrounding the chronology, the function and the meaning of Early Cycladic sculpture. This lavishly illustrated and comprehensive reassessment sets out to rectify that situation by publishing finds which have been recovered in controlled excavations in recent years, as well as earlier finds for which better documentation can now be provided. Using the material from recent excavation projects, and drawing on the papers presented at a symposium held in Athens in 2014, it is possible now to undertake a fresh overview of the entire body of sculpture from the Cycladic islands which has been found in secure archaeological contexts. Beginning with early examples from Neolithic settlement sites and extending into a consideration of material found in later contexts, the 35 chapters are divided into sections which examine sculpture from settlements, cemeteries and the sanctuary at Kavos, concluding with a discussion of material, techniques and aspects of manufacture.

Myron Stout and Cycladic Art

Myron Stout and Cycladic Art
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ISBN-10 : 1734723904
ISBN-13 : 9781734723908
Rating : 4/5 (04 Downloads)

Synopsis Myron Stout and Cycladic Art by : Tina Dickey

Neolithic and Cycladic Civilization

Neolithic and Cycladic Civilization
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Publisher : Melissa Publishing House
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 9602040440
ISBN-13 : 9789602040447
Rating : 4/5 (40 Downloads)

Synopsis Neolithic and Cycladic Civilization by : George Papathanasopoulos

A presentation of two unique collections in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, which include characteristic examples, superb in quality and variety, of the finest artistic creations of the Neolithic and Cycladic civilizations. Household articles, tools, weapons, object of minor art, pottery and sculpture, made by people who lived in Greece between five and seven thousand years ago, and showing a cultural level that almost reaches perfection.

Raqqa Revisited

Raqqa Revisited
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Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages : 265
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ISBN-10 : 9781588391841
ISBN-13 : 1588391841
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Raqqa Revisited by : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

"What follows in these pages is the chronicle of ceramic objects unearthed in Raqqa in the first quarter of the twentieth century. Marilyn Jenkins-Madina, Curator Emerita of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum, describes the dramatic journey of these ceramics from their discovery in the medieval city to the emporiums of Paris and New York, the drawing rooms of the great collectors, and the galleries of the Metropolitan Museum. Using art-historical detective work, archival documents, and scientific data, the author convincingly establishes provenance and dating, placing these objects - some of the most exquisite ever produced by Islamic potters - in a secure historical context for the first time."--BOOK JACKET.

Introduction to Aegean Art

Introduction to Aegean Art
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Publisher : INSTAP Academic Press
Total Pages : 249
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ISBN-10 : 9781623030841
ISBN-13 : 1623030846
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Introduction to Aegean Art by : Philip P. Betancourt

This textbook is a compilation of the author's more than 35 years of teaching and excavation experience in the field of Aegean Bronze Age art history and archaeology. It is geared toward an audience of undergraduate and graduate students as an introduction to the Bronze Age art objects and architecture that have been uncovered on Crete, the Greek peninsula, and the Cycladic Islands.