Torso of Daedalic female statue
Γ407
Grey poros stone
Missing lower body, left arm and right arm from middle of the arm. All surfaces are badly worn and weathered due to the material
Preserved height: 104 cm. Preserved width: 65 cm.
Astritsi Pediada
Eminani Plai site
Middle Archaic period:
c. 650 BC:
Gallery:
XXVICase:
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Sculpture. Archaic period (7th-6th c. BC). Classical period (5th-4th c. BC)Description
Upper torso of a female cult statue, perhaps of Athena. This is the only known larger-than-life-size cult statue in Crete and one of the earliest in ancient Greek sculpture generally. It presents all the typical features of Daedalic art: long, “layered” hairstyle, stiff and stylised anatomy, tight peplos and epiblema (shoulder-mantle), wide belt pulled tight around the waist. Despite the fragile material, it preserves traces of the careful decoration in details such as the diagonal incisions on the hair and the decoration of the garments. It was probably a seated statue of the goddess with her hands resting on her thighs, placed in a temple. Marks on the back support the view that the statue stood against a wall.Bibliography:
Platon N. - Davaras C., "Αρχαιολογική κίνησις εν Κρήτη κατά το έτος 1960", Κρητικά Χρονικά 1960, 525. C. Davaras, Διαδαλικόν άγαλμα εξ Αστριτσίου Κρήτης, Αρχαιολογικό Δελτίο 25 (1970), 87-96. C. Davaras, Die Statue aus Astritsi, Bern 1972. A. Lebessi, Οι στήλες του Πρινιά, Athens 1976, 110-111. L. Adams, Orientalizing Sculpture in Soft Limestone from Crete and Mainland Greece, Oxford 1978, 35-37, pl. 13b.Author:
K. S.Photographs' metadata