The Cycladic spirit : masterpieces from the Nicholas P. Goulandris collection / Colin Renfrew ; introduction by Christos Doumas ; photographs by John Bigelow Taylor.
Imprint
New York : H.N. Abrams in association with the Nicholas P. Goulandris Foundation, Museum of Cycladic Art, Athens, 1991.
207 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 30 cm
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-197) and index.
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.