Figure, male
Date600-540 BC
PeriodProto-Cypriote
Object GeographyCyprus
MediumLimestone
Dimensions48 1/4 × 19 5/8 × 10 3/8 in. (122.6 × 49.8 × 26.4 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.1914
This figure was excavated from one of the two temples in the ancient walled city of Golgoi. The carefully incised, almond-shaped eyes are typical of Archaic art, which predates the canonical forms of Classical, Periclean Greek statuary. Also characteristic of this period is the thin, upturned mouth, a feature known as the archaic smile. This figure's frontal pose and clenched fists - typical Egyptian motifs - illustrate the influence of Egyptian sculpture in the Mediterranean. Yet the asymmetry of the lower body is a Greek innovation and suggests the possibility of movement. The left leg is slightly in front of the right in a pose that foreshadows the classical contrapposto.
On View
On viewLocation
- Center for Asian Art, 2nd floor, Galleria
Collections
600-540 BC
600-540 BC
600-540 BC
600-540 BC
540-450 BC
50 BC-AD150
