page_title: Cycladic art
section_title: Dokathismata variety
hierarchical_section_title: Cycladic art / Early Cycladic art / Early Cycladic II (Keros-Syros culture, 2800–2300 BCE) / Dokathismata variety
caption_attribution_description: English: Cycladic figurine of a woman, marble, Chalandriani type. Early Bronze Age, EC II, 2400 – 2200 BC, British Museum GR 1875.3-13.2, BM Cat Sculpture A14. Čeština: Kykladský „idol“, ženská postava, varieta Chalandriani, mramor. Raná doba bronzová, EC II, 2400 – 2200 př. n. l. Britské muzeum, GR 1875.3-13.2, BM Cat Sculpture A14.
context_page_description: The ancient Cycladic culture flourished in the islands of the Aegean Sea from c. 3300 to 1100 BCE. Along with the Minoan civilization and Mycenaean Greece, the Cycladic people are counted among the three major Aegean cultures. Cycladic art therefore comprises one of the three main branches of Aegean art.
  The best known type of artwork that has survived is the marble figurine, most commonly a single full-length female figure with arms folded across the front. The type is known to archaeologists as a "FAF" for "folded-arm figure". Apart from a sharply-defined nose, the faces are a smooth blank, although there is evidence on some that they were originally painted. Considerable numbers of these are known, though unfortunately most were removed illicitly from their unrecorded archaeological context, which seems usually to be a burial.
context_section_description: The Dokathismata type is a Cycladic figure from the end of the Early Cycladic II period of the Bronze Age. With characteristics that are developed from the earlier Spedos variety, the Dokathismata figures feature broad, angular shoulders and a straight profile. Dokathismata figures are considered the most stylized of the folded-arm figures, with a long, elegant shape that displays a strong sense of geometry that is especially evident in the head, which features an almost triangular shape. These figures were somewhat conservatively built compared to earlier varieties, with a shallow leg cleft and connected feet. Despite this, the figures were actually quite fragile and prone to breakage. The return of an incised pubic triangle is also noted in the Dokathismata variety of figures.
caption: Female marble figurine, Chalandriani type (EC II, 2400–2200 BCE; British Museum)
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