Harvard Art Museums > 1992.256.229: Female Torso Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Female Torso , 1992.256.229,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 22, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/288711. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Gallery Text The objects in this case present different visions of the female body. Statuette or vessel, funerary offering or object of worship, decorative feature or conscious work of art, they would have elicited very different — though not mutually exclusive — responses when seen in their original contexts. Some called for symbolic or religious understanding and were used in ritual, such as the Cycladic figure; others invited their viewers to reconstruct a narrative scenario, such as the Aphrodite binding her sandal; whereas yet others offered visceral aesthetic, sensual, and perhaps even tactile delight. One of the bodies here — Lachaise’s Woman Bending Backward — is not from the ancient world, but, like many other European and American works, depends very much on Greco-Roman models and ideals, even as it distances itself from them, for example with a pose not known from representations of women in antiquity. Identification and Creation Object Number 1992.256.229 Title Female Torso Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture, statuette Date 6th Millennium BCE Places Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World Period Neolithic period Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/288711 Location Location Level 3, Room 3200, Ancient Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Art, Classical Sculpture View this object's location on our interactive map Physical Descriptions Medium Steatite or chlorite Technique Carved Dimensions 3.4 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm (1 5/16 x 7/8 x 7/8 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Louise M. and George E. Bates, Camden, ME (by 1971-1992), gift; to the Harvard University Art Museums, 1992. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Louise M. and George E. Bates Accession Year 1992 Object Number 1992.256.229 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Exhibition History 32Q: 3200 West Arcade, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 11/16/2014 - 01/01/2050 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
