Cycladic & Modern art

Cycladic civilization

presentation: Athanasia Papachristou


Can you guess the ancient or the modern art objects?


Which one is the work of Pablo Picasso Pregnant Woman;


Which one is the work of Constantin Brancusi, The Muse;


Are both works of Contemporary Art ?


Cycladic head (2800-2300 BC) (Museum of Cycladic Art),CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI Torso of a young girl [ΙΙ] (1923) (Philadelphia Museum of Art)

HENRY MOORE Thin standing figure (1965)

(The Henry Moore Foundation)6th century BC clay figurine from Boeotia (Museum of Cycladic Art)


This exhibition seeks to explore how early forms of art from Egypt, Mesopotamia, the Levant, Crete, the Cyclades, and mainland Greece affected the thought and work of important artists such as Brancusi, Matisse, Derain, Picasso, Giacometti, Moore etc.

Τhe exhibition evolves into an intriguing dialogue between the past and the present, with ancient artifacts and modern works of art (sculptures, casts, paintings, drawings, photographs) presented next to each other.

Modiglianipresentation: Athanasia

Papachristou


Picasso


Giorgio de Chirico


Cycladic civilization

Developed the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC Benefited particularly from the prime location of the islands and the development of shipping

Settlements Originally built near the sea or on low hillsAround 2300 BC other fortified (Agia Irini, Kea), others destroyed and rebuilt, fortified (Phylakopi, Milos)Other built into most distant points to high hills (Kastri Syros) The most important settlement of the period (2nd millennium BC.) Is the Akrotiri on Thera.


During the 2nd millennium BC The Cyclades are still in contact with mainland Greece and Crete

After 1600 BC (large earthquakes) Minoans conquered the Cyclades

Cycladic art creations

Marble figurines Ceramic and marble vases





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Cycladic & Modern art