Broken Harp Player Marble From Cyclades Greece C 2700

National archaeological museum athens.

Broken harp player marble from cyclades greece c 2700.

Cycladic lyre player from keros c. 29 21 cm the metropolitan museum of art new york head of a large female statuette 2700 2300 bce. Griechische musikanten im kult. From the cyclades greece.

Dutch study group on music archaeology nwm 1998 pp. Marble seated harp player 2800 2700 b c. The islands were known for their white marble mined during the greek bronze age and throughout classical history. The marble harp players from the cyclades utrecht.

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. Along with the minoan civilization and mycenaean greece the cycladic people are counted among the three major aegean cultures. The meaning of statues like this harp player is elusive. The ancient cycladic culture flourished in the islands of the aegean sea from c.

3300 to 1100 bce. Cycladic art therefore comprises one of the three main branches of aegean art. Patronat des international council of museums icom im karlsruher schloss vom 25. University of chicago press.

2800 2700 bce late early cycladic i early cycladic ii marble height with harp 111 2 in. 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. The best known type of artwork that has survived is the marble figurine most commonly a. Von der frühzeit bis zum beginn der spätklassik.

In the same style as other cycladic figures they are the first representations of musicians in sculpture from the aegean. 2700 2500 bce marble approximately 9 inches high national archaeological museum athens statuette of a seated harp player c. Marble seated harp player. Male harp player from keros cyclades greece ca.

I kunst und kultur der kykladeninseln im 3. Their geographical location placed them like the island of crete in the center of trade between greece egypt asia minor and the near east. The cyclades is a group of greek islands in the aegean sea encircling the island of delos. 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.