The Cyclades is a group of about thirty small islands in the Aegean Sea.
3200–1050 B.C.E.
The Cyclades is a group of about thirty small islands in the Aegean Sea.
3200–1050 B.C.E.
What is Cycladic art?
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Though much is unknown about these ancient figurines, evidence suggests they were important part of Early Cycladic culture.
Carved from marble four thousand years ago, this sculpture begs one to wonder who this figure is, what he is singing, and who he is singing for.
The people of the ancient Aegean were great seafarers and traders, talented potters, painters, jewelers, weavers and carvers of stone.
The ancient Cycladic islands are perhaps best known for the elegant, small-scale marble sculptures—nearly all of women—known as Cycladic Figurines.
Hidden under volcanic ash for millennia, the beautiful frescoes in the houses of Akrotiri were recently unearthed.
Modern artists fell in the love with these abstract 5000 year old sculptures—but what was their real meaning?
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