The islands were known for their white marble mined during the greek bronze age and throughout classical history.
Broken harp player marble from cyclades greece c 2700.
Patronat des international council of museums icom im karlsruher schloss vom 25.
Griechische musikanten im kult.
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.
2800 2700 bce late early cycladic i early cycladic ii marble height with harp 111 2 in.
Cycladic lyre player from keros c.
Along with the minoan civilization and mycenaean greece the cycladic people are counted among the three major aegean cultures.
The best known type of artwork that has survived is the marble figurine most commonly a.
Dutch study group on music archaeology nwm 1998 pp.
The ancient cycladic culture flourished in the islands of the aegean sea from c.
Art and culture of the cyclades in the third millennium b c brinna otto and jürgen thimme eds.
I kunst und kultur der kykladeninseln im 3.
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.
Marble seated harp player.
University of chicago press.
National archaeological museum athens.
In the same style as other cycladic figures they are the first representations of musicians in sculpture from the aegean.
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 play or pause 833.
Von der frühzeit bis zum beginn der spätklassik.
Marble seated harp player 2800 2700 b c.
Cycladic art therefore comprises one of the three main branches of aegean art.
The cyclades is a group of greek islands in the aegean sea encircling the island of delos.
3300 to 1100 bce.
29 21 cm the metropolitan museum of art new york head of a large female statuette 2700 2300 bce.
The marble harp players from the cyclades utrecht.
The meaning of statues like this harp player is elusive.
From the cyclades greece.