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2. Can you guess the ancient or
the modern art objects?
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3. Which one is the work of Pablo Picasso Pregnant Woman;
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4. Which one is the work of Constantin Brancusi, The Muse;
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5. Are both works of Contemporary Art ?
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6. HENRY MOORE Cycladic head (2800-2300 BC)
Thin standing figure (1965) (Museum of Cycladic Art),
(The Henry Moore Foundation) CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI
6th century BC clay figurine Torso of a young girl [ΙΙ] (1923)
from Boeotia (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
(Museum of Cycladic Art)
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7. This exhibition seeks to explore how early
forms of art from Egypt, Mesopotamia,
the Levant, Crete, the Cyclades, and
mainland Greece affected the thought and
work of important artists such as
Brancusi, Matisse, Derain, Picasso,
Giacometti, Moore etc.
Τhe exhibition evolves into an intriguing
dialogue between the past and the present,
with ancient artifacts and modern works
of art (sculptures, casts, paintings,
drawings, photographs) presented next to
each other.
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8. Modigliani
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9. Picasso presentation: Athanasia Papachristou

10. Giorgio de Chirico presentation: Athanasia Papachristou

11. Cycladic civilization
Developed the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC
Benefited particularly from the prime location of the
islands and the development of shipping
Settlements
Originally built near the sea or on low hills
Around 2300 BC other fortified (Agia Irini, Kea), others
destroyed and rebuilt, fortified (Phylakopi, Milos)
Other built into most distant points to high hills (Kastri
Syros)
The most important settlement of the period (2nd
millennium BC.) Is the Akrotiri on Thera.
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12.  During the 2nd millennium BC The Cyclades are
still in contact with mainland Greece and Crete
 After 1600 BC (large earthquakes) Minoans
conquered the Cyclades
 Cycladic art creations
 Marble figurines
 Ceramic and marble vases
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