More Cyclades at the @metmuseum . . . . . . . . . #cycladicart #cyclades #cycladiccivilization #cycladicfigurine #cycladicfigurines #figurines #prehistoricart #prehistory #archaeology #archaeologistsontour #art #fineart #sculpture #marble #marblesculpture #metropolitanmuseumofart #museum #archaeologymuseum #newyork #newyorkcity #greekarchaeology #greekprehistory #aegean #aegeanislands #aegeanarchaeology (at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb2XW32qhAT/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

This is a good example of a figurine where the patterns of paint are revealing themselves through the uncorroded parts of the marble surface. #cycladiccolourincontext #cycladicart #cycladicfigurines #aegeanarchaeology #cyclades #cycladicartmuseum #bronzeageart #bronzeagearchaeology #archaeologylife #archaeology #pigments #colour #aegeanislands #bronzeage #cycladicislands (at Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Iz2RPntop/?igshid=1jkjyxxwa87cd

So, I have been making pigments from scratch in order to test their properties as paints when combined with particular binders/mediums. And I'm doing this as an experiment for my dissertation which focuses on the study of painting materials and techniques of the Early Bronze Age Cycladic marble figurines and their artisanal paraphernalia. The pictures show parts of my painting process in the lab using different binders which I procured from @kremerpigmente amongst others. The marble comes from Naxos and I got it from there last summer with help of magnificent @katiapikouni. #cycladiccolour #cyclades_islands #cycladicfigurines #bronzeage #bronzeagearchaeology #archaeology #archaeologylife #experimental #colourful #art #fineart #painting #marble #marblepainting #traditional #materialscience #materialsandtechniques #aegeanarchaeology #aegeanart #ancientart #bronzeageart #greekarchaeology (at Sheffield Bioincubator) https://www.instagram.com/p/BySMBpXni2g/?igshid=1t1hme749lc9y

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