Statuette of a Dancer: nu te zien — Getty Villa

A dancer steps forward, looking downward as she moves. Her left arm draws back her himation across her left hip, while her right arm holds folds of the garment in front of her petite, elongated body. The dancer's dress swirls around her feet and the edges of her enveloping cloak flare out at her sides. She wears an ivy wreath in her stylishly arranged hair. Although simple terracotta figures were made throughout the Greek world, Taras (modern Taranto) in South Italy was a leading production center in the Hellenistic period of more sophisticated examples. Female figures, either standing still or dancing, were a common type and have been found in large quantities in religious sanctuaries where they were deposited as offerings to the gods, or as grave goods in burials.

Statuette of a Dancer

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Gegevens

In dezelfde zaal · Getty Villa, Gallery 109, The Greeks in Southern Italy and Sicily, Getty Villa

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Bronnen

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