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Title

The Cycladic spirit : masterpieces from the Nicholas P. Goulandris collection / Colin Renfrew ; introduction by Christos Doumas ; photographs by John Bigelow Taylor.

Author

Renfrew, Colin, 1937-

Publication

New York : Harry N. Abrams in association with the Nicholas P. Goulandris Foundation, Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens, 1991.

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Additional Authors

• Taylor, John Bigelow.
• Hidryma Nikolaou P. Goulandrē.
• Mouseio Kykladikēs Technēs.

Description

207 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 29 cm.

Alternative Title

Masterpieces from the Nicholas P. Goulandris collection.

Subject

• Goulandris, Dolly > Art collections > Athens
• Goulandrēs, Nikos > Art collections > Athens
• Mouseio Kykladikēs Technēs
• Sculpture, Cycladic
• Sculpture > Private collections > Athens

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [190]-197) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

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.

ISBN

0810931699

LCCN

^^^91009537^

OCLC

• 23252692
• SCSB-10251801

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library