Marble Female Figure Cycladic

The type is known to archaeologists as a faf for folded arm figure ine.

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. 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. 4500 4000 bce this marble figurine is from the earliest days of art production in the cycladic islands. Marble female figure final neolithic museum number 1972 118 104 the metropolitan museum of art new york united states.

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 recognition of distinct artistic personalities in cycladic sculpture is based upon recurring systems of proportion and details of execution. It s also known as the final neolithical cycladic marble. The figure now missing its head is an example of an uncommon type known as steatopygous.

On view at the met fifth avenue in gallery 151. The marble female figure is a sculpture selected from the ancient greek and roman galleries at the metropolitan museum in manhattan. Marble female figure 4500 4000 b c. 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. Attributed to the bastis master. Marble figurines are the most impressive creations of cycladic art. 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.

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. Early cycladic art in north american collections. Cycladic art therefore comprises one of the three main branches of aegean art. Marble female figure 2600 2400 b c.