142 - Cycladic low relief of MOTHER...

MINOAN / Text translated by Google. / The Cycladic portrait of mother to child is inspired by the art of "Old Cycladic II", 2300-2000 BC. A civilization more ancient than the Minoans! Recall that the Greek Cyclades islands are in the southern Aegean. The archipelago comprises 2,200 islands, islets and islets-rocks. They are called the Cyclades because they form a circle around the sacred island of Delos. The most famous are Mykonos, Paros and Melos.
The Cycladic civilization dates back to the Bronze Age. She was brilliant and mysterious! It is famous for its marble idols worked with obsidian. The model most known represents a female form. The arms are crossed under the breasts (represented by two small protrusions), but sex is treated by incisions. The head is large, oval or triangular, with the head slightly tilted back, only the nose is shown. These figures were not made to stand. They are on the toes and feel like they get up in the grip of a sort of ecstasy. They were found mostly among the grave goods in the cemeteries on the main islands of Syros, Paros, Naxos and Amorgos. According to the most common interpretation, these statuettes represent the Great Mother Goddess. The marriage of Cycladic and “style philhelmien” we nevertheless discover the Treaty of work very different from the one we knew the artist! Technical Details: First step: carving a bas-relief in negative. - Second: Single casting of plaster reinforced with a cage. - Third: rehaussage composite part. - Fourth: gold paint and cracked pale shades. – Signature on the right edge.