The Cycladic Spirit : Masterpieces from the Nicholas P. Goulandris Collection

by: Renfrew, C.

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The Cycladic spirit : masterpieces from the Nicholas P. Goulandris collection
Andrew Colin Renfrew, John Bigelow Taylor
Published in 1991 in New York by HN Abrams in association with the Nicholas P Goulandris Foundation Museum of Cycladic Art Athens

Contents:
[Pt. 1] The Cycladic world
Prologue: The Cycladic spirit
The discovery of early Cycladic civilization Christos Doumas
The Cycladic world
From the sparse earth: early Cycladic life and society. [Pt. 2] From society to sculpture
The early phase of Cycladic art: the definition of form
The mature phase: the clear line
Introducing the canonical figure
The uses of the beautiful. [Pt. 3] Aspects of Cycladic art
Makers and masters
Pigment and purity
The Cycladic convention: canon and proportion
Cycladic heads
Cycladic anatomy
The genesis of monumental sculpture
Action and immobility
The eye of the beholder: Cycladic art and modern taste
Simplicity and severity in western art
Epilogue: The birth of Apollo

207 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 30 cm

Subjects:
Art Private collections
Goulandris, N. P. Art collections
Goulandris, Nicholas P
Goulandris, Nicholas P. Art collections
Goulandris, Nicholas P. Collections d'art
Greece Athens
Kykladenkultur
Mouseio Kykladikåes Technåes
Mouseio Kykladikēs Technēs
Plastik
Sammlung
Sculpture Collections privées Grèce Athens
Sculpture Collections privées Grèce Athènes
Sculpture Private collections
Sculpture Private collections Greece Athens
Sculpture cycladique
Sculpture, Cycladic

The Cycladic Spirit : Masterpieces from the Nicholas P. Goulandris Collection

by: Renfrew, C.

• ISBN-13: 9780810931695 / 978-0-8109-3169-5
• ISBN-03: 0810931699 / 0-8109-3169-9
• Abrams, New York, 1991

Price: 89,00 EURO

1 copy in stock