The Cycladic Spirit: Masterpieces from the Nicholas P. Goulandris Collection

by Colin Renfrew, John Bigelow Taylor, Hidryma Nikolaou P. Goulandre

208 pp. with 213 illus. (168 in color), 4to.

Genres: History, Art

Hardcover

First published September 1, 1991

About the author

Andrew Colin Renfrew, Baron Renfrew of Kaimsthorn was a British archaeologist, paleolinguist and Conservative peer noted for his work on radiocarbon dating, the prehistory of languages, archaeogenetics, neuroarchaeology, and the prevention of looting at archaeological sites.
Renfrew was also the Disney Professor of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge and Director of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research and was a Senior Fellow of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.

Reviews

[Thom Dunn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finds in Cycladic figurines, in their spare design, "the elegance of Modigliani and Brancusi"