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
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.
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.
Wonderful reimaginings. Wish you could go to Crete or Delos – but then, you don’t have to. You got it! 🙂
Well, I am sure actually being there would make a big difference but I am thankful that these are available to see online.