Broken Harp Player Marble From Cyclades Greece C 2700

3300 to 1100 bce.

Broken harp player marble from cyclades greece c 2700.

The meaning of statues like this harp player is elusive. 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. 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. National archaeological museum athens.

Art and culture of the cyclades in the third millennium b c brinna otto and jürgen thimme eds. 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. Von der frühzeit bis zum beginn der spätklassik. The marble harp players from the cyclades utrecht.

Marble seated harp player. The cyclades is a group of greek islands in the aegean sea encircling the island of delos. 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. In the same style as other cycladic figures they are the first representations of musicians in sculpture from the aegean.

2800 2700 bce late early cycladic i early cycladic ii marble height with harp 111 2 in. 29 21 cm the metropolitan museum of art new york head of a large female statuette 2700 2300 bce. Dutch study group on music archaeology nwm 1998 pp. The islands were known for their white marble mined during the greek bronze age and throughout classical history.

The ancient cycladic culture flourished in the islands of the aegean sea from c. Griechische musikanten im kult. The best known type of artwork that has survived is the marble figurine most commonly a. Male harp player from keros cyclades greece ca.

I kunst und kultur der kykladeninseln im 3. Marble seated harp player play or pause 833. Cycladic lyre player from keros c. Patronat des international council of museums icom im karlsruher schloss vom 25.

Along with the minoan civilization and mycenaean greece the cycladic people are counted among the three major aegean cultures. University of chicago press. Their geographical location placed them like the island of crete in the center of trade between greece egypt asia minor and the near east. Cycladic art therefore comprises one of the three main branches of aegean art.