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Cycladic Art: The Leonard N. Stern Collection on loan from the Hellenic Republic

Hemingway, Seán
2024
112 pages
109 illustrations
8 x 10.5 in
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This book presents highlights of the ancient Cycladic antiquities spanning more than three thousand years (5300–2200 BCE) from the Leonard N. Stern Collection. The featured works, on display at The Met through a special collaboration with the Hellenic Republic, include mesmerizing figurative sculptures as well as marble and terracotta vessels and metalwork. Seán Hemingway, John A. and Carole O. Moran Curator in Charge of the Department of Greek and Roman Art at The Met, writes eloquently about the subtleties of Cycladic craftsmanship during the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. Beautiful photography of the collection attests to the power of the seminal tradition of stone carving in Cycladic civilization.

Marble female figure, Marble, Cycladic
Cycladic
ca. 5300–3200 BCE
Marble female figure, Marble, Cycladic
Cycladic
ca. 5300–3200 BCE
Marble female figure, Marble, Cycladic
Cycladic
ca. 5300–3200 BCE
Head and neck of a marble female figure, Cycladic
Cycladic
ca. 5300–3200 BCE
Marble female figure, Marble, Cycladic
Cycladic
ca. 3200–2700 BCE
Marble female figure, Marble, Cycladic
Cycladic
ca. 3200–2700 BCE
Marble female figure, Marble, Cycladic
Cycladic
ca. 3200–2700 BCE
Marble female figure, Marble, Cycladic
Cycladic
ca. 3200–2700 BCE
Marble female figure, Marble, Cycladic
Cycladic
ca. 3200–2700 BCE
Marble female figure, Marble, Cycladic
Cycladic
ca. 3200-2700 BCE
Marble female figure, Marble, Cycladic
Cycladic
ca. 3200–2700 BCE
Marble female figure, Marble, Cycladic
Cycladic
ca. 3200–2700 BCE
Marble female figure, Marble, Cycladic
Cycladic
ca. 3200–2700 BCE
Marble lug bowl, Marble, Cycladic
Cycladic
ca. 3200–2700 BCE
Marble bowl, Marble, Cycladic
Cycladic
ca. 3200–2700 BCE
Marble palette, Marble, Cycladic
Cycladic
ca. 3200–2700 BCE
Marble vase with lug handles, Marble, Cycladic
Cycladic
ca. 3200–2700 BCE
Marble vase with lug handles, Marble, Cycladic
Cycladic
ca. 3200–2700 BCE
Marble vase with lug handles, Marble, Cycladic
Cycladic
ca. 3200–2700 BCE
Marble vase with lug handles, Marble, Cycladic
Cycladic
ca. 3200–2700 BCE
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Hemingway, Seán. Cycladic Art: The Leonard N. Stern Collection on Loan from the Hellenic Republic. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2024.