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Aegean Art

Author: Ian McConnell
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Terms to Know
Abstraction (of the human figure)

A type of art that involves a simplification, usually into geometric shapes, of objects (bodies) seen in lived experience.

Aegean

Relating to the Aegean Sea and/or the Bronze Age civilization that flourished there.

Bronze Age

A prehistoric period between the Stone Age and the Iron Age when many tools and weapons were made of bronze.

Cycladic

Relating to the Cyclades, a group of islands in the Aegean Sea, also used to discuss Bronze Age civilization that flourished there.

Votive Figures

Sculptures placed in a shrine in fulfillment of a vow.