Cycladic art therefore comprises one of the three main branches of Aegean art. 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.

Early Cycladic sculpture comprises predominantly female figures that range from simple modification of the stone to developed representations of the human form, some with natural proportions and some more idealized.

2022年4月13日 · What Is Cycladic Art? The inhabitants of the Cyclades in the Early Bronze Age had a unique technique of burying their deceased, burying them in stone slab-lined trenches, sometimes two stories high. What is truly astonishing, though, is what is frequently discovered in these tombs: exquisitely sculpted small-scale marble statues , virtually all ...

As the single most comprehensive private collection of Cycladic art formed outside of Greece, the works include nearly all of the major types of marble figures and vessels from the Early Bronze Age, allowing viewers to explore and appreciate the essential aspects and subtle variations that Cycladic sculptors, with remarkable sensitivity, imbued ...

A collection of stories on the history, geography, art and language that shaped early Cycladic, Greek and Cypriot civilisations.

These form the first stylistically coherent sculptural type to develop in Europe and have featured prominently in the prehistoric art history of Greece. Several Modern artists were influenced by Cycladic figurines as well, including Pablo Picasso, Constantin Brâncusi, and Amedeo Modigliani.

The Neolithic and Early Cycladic figures of nude women with arms folded across their abdomens sculpted in the Greek islands at the center of the Aegean Sea represent a unique culture that flourished from around 5300 to 2000 BCE and suddenly disappeared.

The Exhibition includes a large number of Cycladic objects of high art and aesthetics, with marble anthropomorphic figurines as the protagonists. Looking at the material, it is evident that these are the creations of a civilization that placed human beings at its center.

The ancient Greeks, inheritors of the Cycladic tradition, played a transformative role in the evolution of art, paving the way for classical art with their pursuit of idealized forms, balance, and narrative storytelling.

The ancient Cycladic islands are perhaps best known for the elegant, small-scale marble sculptures—nearly all of women—known as Cycladic Figurines. Akrotiri, Thera Hidden under volcanic ash for millennia, the beautiful frescoes in the houses of Akrotiri were recently unearthed.