Broken Harp Player Marble From Cyclades Greece C 2700

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.

Broken harp player marble from cyclades greece c 2700.

National archaeological museum athens. Von der frühzeit bis zum beginn der spätklassik. The meaning of statues like this harp player is elusive. Cycladic art therefore comprises one of the three main branches of aegean art.

From the cyclades greece. Art and culture of the cyclades in the third millennium b c brinna otto and jürgen thimme eds. 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. Cycladic lyre player from keros c.

Griechische musikanten im kult. 29 21 cm the metropolitan museum of art new york head of a large female statuette 2700 2300 bce. 2800 2700 bce late early cycladic i early cycladic ii marble height with harp 111 2 in. 2700 2500 bce marble approximately 9 inches high national archaeological museum athens statuette of a seated harp player c.

In the same style as other cycladic figures they are the first representations of musicians in sculpture from the aegean. The islands were known for their white marble mined during the greek bronze age and throughout classical history. Their geographical location placed them like the island of crete in the center of trade between greece egypt asia minor and the near east. Marble seated harp player.

Marble seated harp player 2800 2700 b c. 3300 to 1100 bce. Along with the minoan civilization and mycenaean greece the cycladic people are counted among the three major aegean cultures. I kunst und kultur der kykladeninseln im 3.

Dutch study group on music archaeology nwm 1998 pp. By a history of the classical world in 100 objects published on 2016 10 01t16 52 42z in my first podcast i ll be travelling to the cyclades in greece to discover a four and a half thousand year old marble figure of a male harp player. The marble harp players from the cyclades utrecht. Marble seated harp player play or pause 833.

Male harp player from keros cyclades greece ca. The ancient cycladic culture flourished in the islands of the aegean sea from c. Patronat des international council of museums icom im karlsruher schloss vom 25. University of chicago press.