A few months back I posted some drawings I made based on ancient figurines I found online and in the public domain from various museums. You can see that post and the drawings here. Recently, I completed some more drawings from additional figurines. Here they are along with the information on where to view the original. All drawings were done on a brown tones paper with various media, mostly dry but some gouache (opaque watercolor) as well.
Marble Female Figurine; 2300 – 2200 BCE; Click here to see actual artwork.
Statuette of a Standing Woman; 3100 – 2900 BCE; Ivory; Egypt ?; Metropolitan Museum of Art. Click here to see actual artwork
Statuette of a Female; Early 1st millennium BCE; Ceramic; Iran. Metropolitan Museum of Art Click here to see actual artwork.
CycladicFigurine of a Steatopygous Female; 1630 – 1539 BCE; Terracotta; Egypt. Brooklyn Museum. Click here to see actual artwork.
Venus Figurine; Paleolithic; Czech Republic. The Smithsonian. Click here to see actual artwork. This online version of this piece is 3D display which is really fun.
I admit that the first drawing is my favorite so here is a detail view of my favorite part of my favorite drawing – the hands of this figurine.
Detail of first drawing shown
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I like the Cycladic figure best. That utterly alien head. But I think as a group I love them even more, each drawing reinforces the others and encourages me to make comparisons or find similarities.
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It is really very unusual. And the almost neon color eyes are strange as well. I think I like this group more than the first group.
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Wonderful reimaginings. Wish you could go to Crete or Delos – but then, you don’t have to. You got it! 🙂
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Well, I am sure actually being there would make a big difference but I am thankful that these are available to see online.
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