Broken Harp Player Marble From Cyclades Greece C 2700

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Broken harp player marble from cyclades greece c 2700.

Von der frühzeit bis zum beginn der spätklassik. 29 21 cm the metropolitan museum of art new york head of a large female statuette 2700 2300 bce. Other figures include harp players seated on a throne or more usually a simple stool of which there are fewer than a dozen surviving examples and a standing pipe or aulos player from keros c. Cycladic lyre player from keros c.

Marble seated harp player 2800 2700 b c. The cyclades is a group of greek islands in the aegean sea encircling the island of delos. Patronat des international council of museums icom im karlsruher schloss vom 25. The islands were known for their white marble mined during the greek bronze age and throughout classical history.

Marble seated harp player. 2800 2700 bce late early cycladic i early cycladic ii marble height with harp 111 2 in. National archaeological museum athens. Marble seated harp player play or pause 833.

The meaning of statues like this harp player is elusive. Their geographical location placed them like the island of crete in the center of trade between greece egypt asia minor and the near east. They are elaborate and elegant with a clear interest in expressing the beautiful shape of the harp which has a duck bill or swan head ornament. 3300 to 1100 bce.

Art and culture of the cyclades in the third millennium b c brinna otto and jürgen thimme eds. Dutch study group on music archaeology nwm 1998 pp. From the cyclades greece. In the same style as other cycladic figures they are the first representations of musicians in sculpture from the aegean.

The best known type of artwork that has survived is the marble figurine most commonly a. Griechische musikanten im kult. Along with the minoan civilization and mycenaean greece the cycladic people are counted among the three major aegean cultures. Cycladic art therefore comprises one of the three main branches of aegean art.

Paul getty museum unknown greece cyclades europe male harp player of the early spedos type 2700 2300 b c marble 35 8 9 5 28 1 cm. The ancient cycladic culture flourished in the islands of the aegean sea from c. Male harp player from keros cyclades greece ca. The marble harp players from the cyclades utrecht.