Devotion large greek cycladic art head statue
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Head of Amorgos - Cycladic Female figurine silver pendant
Handmade silver pendant of the Cycladic Head of Amorgos, made of sterling silver 925º weighing 6 gr
Handmade silver pendant of the Cycladic Head of Amorgos, made of sterling silver 925º weighing 6 gr. A fantastic souvenir from Greece!
The ancient Cycladic culture flourished in the islands of the Aegean Sea from 3300 to 1100 BC. The Minoan, the Mycenaean and the Cycladic were the three major Aegean civilizations. Thus, the Cycladic art comprises one of the three main branches of Aegean art.
The best-known art of this period are the marble figures usually called idols or figurines. These marble figures are seen scattered around the Aegean, suggesting that these figures were popular amongst the people of Crete and mainland Greece. Considerable numbers of these are known, though unfortunately most were removed illicitly from their unrecorded archaeological context, which seems usually to be a burial. The most renowned type of artwork of the Cycladic culture is the marble figurine, most commonly a single full-length female figure with arms folded across the front.
This elegant head, representative of the “Dokathismata variety”, (Early Cycladic II – Syros Phase 2800 b.C. – 2300 b.C) thus named after a cemetery on Amorgos, is one of the masterpieces of Cycladic marble sculpting. The strict geometric structure, the harmonious proportions and the abstract quality epitomize those virtues that made Cycladic art a source of inspiration for important twentieth-century artists as Modigliani, Picasso and Henry Moore.
Dimensions
1.8 x 3 x 0.3 centimeters
0.71 x 1.18 x 0.12 inches
Material
Sterling Silver
Color
Silver
€27.00
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