Marble female figure

Attributed to the Bastis Master 

Period:
Early Cycladic II
Date:
2600–2400 B.C.
Culture:
Cycladic
Medium:
Marble
Dimensions:
H. 24 3/4 in. (62.79 cm)
Classification:
Stone Sculpture
Credit Line:
Gift of Christos G. Bastis, 1968
Accession Number:
68.148
  • Description

    The recognition of distinct artistic personalities in Cycladic sculpture is based upon recurring systems of proportion and details of execution. The stylization of the human body that is elegant almost to the point of mannerism is characteristic of the Bastis Master.

  • Provenance

    1947, purchased by Christos G. Bastis from Nicolas Koutoulakis; acquired October 16, 1968, gift of Christos G. Bastis.

  • References

    1969. "Ninety-ninth Annual Report of the Trustees, for the Fiscal Year 1968-1969." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 28(2): p. 78.

    Rousseau, Theodore. "Masterpieces of Fifty Centuries." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 29(3): p. 129, Frontispeice.

    Bothmer, D. von. 1975. In The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Notable Acquisitions, 1965-1975. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 114, ill.

    Thimme, J. 1977. Art and Culture of the Cyclades in the Third Millenium B.C. Translated and edited by P. Getz-Preziosi. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, p. 468, no. 166.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1979. Greek Art of the Aegean Islands. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 58, no. 15.

    Mertens, Joan R. 1987. Introduction to Greece and Rome, by the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 7.

    Hendrix, Elizabeth. 1998. "Painted Ladies of the Early Bronze Age." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 55(3): pp. 11-15, figs. 13-16.

    Mertens, Joan R. 1998. "Some Long Thoughts on Early Cycladic Sculpture." Metropolitan Museum Journal 33: pp. 10-11, fig. 7.

    Getz-Gentle, P. 2001. Personal Styles in Early Cycladic Sculpture. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, p. 177, pls. 77c, 78c.

    Picón, Carlos A., et al. 2007. Art of the Classical World in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 6, pp. 33, 410.

  • See also
130015780

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