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PERSONAL STYLES IN EARLY CYCLADIC SCULPTURE Pat Getz-Gentle PERSONAL STYLES IN EARLY CYCLADIC SCULPTURE with a chapter by Jack de Vries The University of Wisconsin Press Publication of this volume has been made possible, in part, through the generous support and enduring vision of Warren G. Moon. The University of Wisconsin Press 1930 Monroe Street, 3rd Floor Madison, Wisconsin 53711- 2059 uwpress.wisc. edu 3 Henrietta Street London WC2E 8LU, England eurospanbookstore. com Copyright © 2001 The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any format or by any means, digital, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, or conveyed via the Internet or a website without written permission of the University of Wisconsin Press, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles and reviews. Printed in the United States of America Library of Congress C ataloging- in-P ublication Data Getz-Gentle, Pat. Personal styles in early Cycladic sculpture / Pat Getz-Gentle; with a contribution by Jack de Vries. pp. cm.—(Wisconsin studies in classics) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-299-1720060-78 (cloth: alk. paper) 1. Sculpture, Cycladic. 2. Figure sculpture—Greece. I. Vries, Jack de. II. Title. III. Series. NB130.C78 G43 2001 733’.3’093915--dc21 00-011013 ISBN 978- 0-2 99-1 7204-6 (pbk.: alk. paper) ISBN 978- 0-2 99-1 7203-9 (e-b ook) Page i: Head of a figure attributable to the Kontoleon Sculptor, shown 1:1. See page 154 [17]. Page ii: Fragmentary figure attributable to the Schuster Sculptor, shown 1:1. See page 168 [13]. For my family and other Cycladophiles Contents List of Illustrations ix List of Maps, Checklists, Charts, and Tables xiii Preface xv Acknowledgments xix CHAPTER 1 Before the Arms Were Folded: Cycladic Sculpture from the Late Neolithic through the Transitional Early Cycladic I/II Phase 3 CHAPTER 2 The Reclining Folded-Arm Figure and Its Varieties: Cycladic Sculpture of the Early Cycladic II Period 29 CHAPTER 3 Sculptors of Early Cycladic I Plastiras Figures 61 CHAPTER 4 Sculptors of Early Cycladic II Reclining Folded-Arm Figures 67 CHAPTER 5 Pattern and Precision: Taking the Measure of Early Cycladic II Spedos Variety Figures, by Jack de Vries 109 Abbreviations 127 Notes 131 Checklists of Twenty Sculptors 151 Bibliography 171 Notes on the Plates 173 Notes on the Text Figures 179 Addendum 183 Illustration Sources 1893 Illustration Credits 19837 Index 19859 Plates 1971 List of Illustrations PLATES 1. Late Neolithic standing and sitting figures 2. A Late Neolithic standing figure 3. A Late Neolithic standing figure 4. A figure of Plastiras type 5. Two figures of Plastiras type attributable to one sculptor and a fragmentary precanonical figure 6. A figure of Plastiras type 7. Violin figures and the torso of the figure in plate 6 8. Hybrid figures 9. A hybrid figure 10. Figures of Louros type 11. A precanonical figure 12. Precanonical figures 13. A precanonical figure 14. A fragmentary precanonical figure 15. Precanonical figures attributable to the Kanellopoulos Museum Sculptor 16. A fragmentary precanonical figure 17. A precanonical figure 18. A precanonical figure 19. A precanonical two-figure composition 20. A precanonical figure 21. A precanonical harp player with elaborate chair 22. Rear views of the works in plates 20 and 21 23. A figure of the Kapsala variety 24. Figures of the Kapsala variety 25. A figure of the Kapsala variety 26. Complete and fragmentary two-figure compositions and a fragmentary harp player (the legs of the stool are restored) 27. A fragmentary figure of the Kapsala or Early Spedos variety 28. A fragmentary figure of the Early Spedos variety 29. A fragmentary figure of the Late Spedos variety
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