FAH206H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Amnisos, Kouros, Bronze Age
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Realism: human bodies, paleolithic hand stencil (30mya) -> actually a human body part being depicted, neolithic skulls, 8500-7000 bc -> keep memory of the dead. They take the actual skull of the deceased, cover it in plaster and gave it features: death mask from shaft graves, mycenae 1700-1600 bc -> created from imprint directly impressed from the deceased. Direct connection with the dead: plaster statues from ain ghazal, jordon. > skull plastering and creation of plaster figurines. It"s more of a 3d object and real. Evolution of figurines from neolithic to eba in the cyclades: cyclades folded arm figurines = popular, e. g. > represents the soul or loss of the deceased. Stand for the abstraction done in pre-history (more primitive) there"s no facial features except the nose. The ones that did have facial features were tattooed or painted onto them. Some of the figurines are shown doing distinct activities.
