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Aegean waves : artworks of the early Cycladic culture in the Museum of Cycladic Art at Athens / Nicholas Chr. Stampolidis, Peggy Sotirakopoulou ; [translations from Greek, Davidy Hardy].

By:

Stampolidēs, Nikolaos Chr

Contributor(s):

Sōtērakopoulou, Panagiōta I

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Milano : Skira, 2007Edition: First editionDescription: 212 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour maps ; 29 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

8861303463
9788861303461

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

730.093915 22

LOC classification:

N5899.C9 S73 2007

Contents:

Introduction to early Cycladic culture -- Natural environment -- The precursors of early Cycladic culture -- Early Cycladic culture -- Terminology and chronology -- The phases of early Cycladic culture -- Settlements -- Cemeteries and burial practices -- Pottery-making -- Marble sculpture -- A. Figurines -- B. Vessels -- Metallurgy and metalworking -- Obsidian -- Social organisation -- Religion -- Seafaring, trade and foreign relations -- Catalogue, texts and plates.

Summary: "Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Cycladic culture is best known for its flat female idols carved out of the islands' pure white marble. This beautiful illustrated book explores these periods in Cycladic culture and how the natural environment of the islands shaped its art. It also addresses the settlements of these periods and the artifacts produced by their potters, marble-carvers, and metalworkers."--Amazon.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-212).

"Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age Cycladic culture is best known for its flat female idols carved out of the islands' pure white marble. This beautiful illustrated book explores these periods in Cycladic culture and how the natural environment of the islands shaped its art. It also addresses the settlements of these periods and the artifacts produced by their potters, marble-carvers, and metalworkers."--Amazon.

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