Name: Seated Female
SKU: PF.0419
Price: 8600.00 USD
Availability: InStock

Classical antiquity is a broad term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, collectively known as the Greco-Roman world. It is the period in which Greek and Roman society flourished and wielded great influence throughout Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Conventionally, it is taken to begin with the earliest-recorded Greek poetry of Homer (8th–7th century BC), and continues through the emergence of Christianity and the decline of the Roman Empire (5th century AD). It ends with the dissolution of classical culture at the close of Late Antiquity (AD 300–600). The culture of the ancient Greeks, together with a cross section of influences from the Orient, prevailed throughout classical antiquity as the basis of art, philosophy, society, and educational ideals. These ideals were preserved and imitated by the Romans, and it is this “Greco-Roman” cultural foundation that has been so immensely influential on the language, politics, educational systems, philosophy, science, art, and architecture of the modern world. Out of this sprang the ground-breaking art of the period, with its emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry, and a revolutionary blending of naturalism with idealism. “Classical Art,”…

Seated Female

SKU

PF.0419

Circa

900 BC to 300 BC

Dimensions

5.5″ (14.0cm) high

Medium

Terracotta

Origin

Honduras

Gallery Location

USA

The artist has observed wonderful details about this little piece; her elaborate hairstyle is lovingly recorded, and the foot tucked beneath her legs is rendered from below, even though it cannot be seen when the figure is seated upright. She leans slightly forward in rapt attention, as if listening to a fascinating story.

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