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Podcast: New Books in Art
Episode: Looted Episode 2: Figure Drawing
Description: This is the second in a series of podcasts from Zoe Kontes’ terrific “Looted.”
Marble figurines made ca. 5,000 years ago in the Cycladic Islands of the Aegean became all the rage for collectors, and a great influence in Modernist Art. Easily looted and almost as easily faked, these objects have a unique role in the modern world. The question is, what was their role in the ancient world? More to see, read and hear:
Gill, D. W. J., and C. Chippindale. “Material and intellectual consequences of esteem for Cycladic figures.” American Journal of Archaeology 97 (1993): 601-59.
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