Spotlight Art – History – Terracotta Sculpture – Cucuteni Figurine – Romania

Posted on March 10, 2023 by Goff James

Cucuteni Figurine – Romania

The Cucuteni Figurine an early Romanian terracotta work from the Neolithic Cucuteni Culture, dating from c. 4500 – 3000 BCE National – Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest.

The Cucuteni culture was was a society of small-scale agriculturalists and shared many characteristics of the BalkanNeolithic cultures.

Most Cucuteni settlements produced groups of human figurines. The standing figurine above is: simply executed, decorated in a highly stylistic manner, possessing deeply incised elaborate markings, lacking lower legs, feet and arms and abstract minimalist head.

The unknown artist appears to have been primarily concerned with overall shape and decoration. The figurine is decorated on both sides.

The figurine’s status as a depiction of a human form is quite clear; however; its purpose of intent and function remain a mystery.

Ancient mysteries
Rising from night’s burnt ashes
Goddess of the flames

Photo 1 Attribution © lessingimage.com, Female Statuette

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Photo 2 Attribution © Photographer Unstated, Female Statuette

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Poem Attribution – Goff James – Ancient Mysteries

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Spotlight Art – History – Terracotta Sculpture – The Thinker Cernavoda – Romania

Posted on February 10, 2023 by Goff James

The Thinker Cernavoda – Romania

The Thinker Cernavoda, an early Romanian terracotta work from the Hamangia Culture, dating from c. 5000 BC National – Museum of Romanian History, Bucharest.

The terracotta figure, known as the Thinker (‘Ganditorul’), was discovered in 1956 in settlement debris along with a female figurine, and although it is traditionally interpreted as male, it is interesting that its gender is ambiguous, as with many Neolithic figurines from southeast Europe.

‘The Thinker’ and ‘Seated Woman‘

In general, both sculptures share with this wider Neolithic world the small, angular, mask-like head placed atop a thick columnar necks. The heads possess a prism-like depth and oval outline.

Sculpted in the past
Bathed in ambiguity
History’s stories

Photo 1 Attribution © Photographer Unstated, The Thinker

Source Attribution https://www.artspace.com/magazine/art_101/book_report/phaidon-bad-day-list-53158

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Photo 2 Attribution © Photographer Unstated, The Thinker and Seated Woman

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Spotlight Art – History – Portrait – Sculpture – Crouching Figurine – Greece

Posted on January 13, 2023 by Goff James

SCULPTURE NEOLITHIC FIGURE TITLE CROUCHING FIGURE ARTIST UNKNOWN POEM FIGURE CROUCHING CARVED POET GOFF JAMES

Early Neolithic figurine dating from c. 6,500 BCE – 5,500 BCE and created by an early Greek sculptor from Magoula Karamourla in Magnesia near Mount Pelion (Greece). The figurine is carved from a yellow pebble with grey veins. The piece is highly stylized and smooth and depicts a crouching figure. It is probable that the figure may have been used for ritualistic purposes.

Figure crouching carved
Sacred votive offering
Thoughts silent entombed

Poem Attribution – Goff James – Figure Crouching Carved

Photo Attribution © Photographer Unstated, Crouching Figurine, c. 6,500-5,500,

Source Attribution https://greek-museums.tumblr.com/post/131989908081/athanasakeion-archaeological-museum-of-volos

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Spotlight Art – History – Painting – Ceramics – Samarra Bowl – Iraq

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Goff James

Samarra Bowl – Iraq

Samarra Bowl dating from c. 5,500 BCE – 4,000 BCE and created by an early Mesopotamian potter on a slow-turned potters wheel and finished in brown on pale yellow colours. The piece is characterised by figurative and geometric patterns.

Echoes of the past
Mesopotamian patterns
The potter’s hand speaks

Photo Attribution © Dbachmann – Self-photographed

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Poem Attribution – Goff James – Echoes of the Past

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Open Box – Art / History – Quotation of the Day by Maira Kalman

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Goff James

IMAGE POETRY QUOTATION ART HISTORY MARIA KALMAN QUOTATION READS - A visit to a museum is a search for beauty, truth, and meaning in ones life.

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Spotlight Art – History – Painting – Coldstream Burial Stone – Makapansgat Cave – Iziko Museums of South Africa, Social History Collections – Cape Town -South Africa

Posted on November 25, 2022 by Goff James

The IMAGE depicts a STONE PAINTING titled COLDSTREAM BURIAL STONE, ARTIST UNKNOWN. The image supports the POEM ART OF THE SHADOWS written by the POET GOFF JAMES.

Coldstream Burial Stone – Makapansgat Cave – Iziko Museums of South Africa, Social History Collections – Cape Town -South Africa

Three elongated figures, in black, white and red pigments, on a painted pebble c. 40,000? BCE – 6000? BCE and created by an early African hunter gatherer.

Art of the shadows
Painted on an ancient stone
Honouring the gods

Source Attribution https://archaeology.co.uk/articles/reviews/museum/south-africa-the-art-of-a-nation.htm

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