Cycladic Venus

Rob Andrade

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2017 | 3D-printed PLA plastic, wood

Cabinet of Curiosities, Ruane Center for the Humanities, Second Floor

About the Work

Lying on a block of wood, is a 3D printed figurine of the Cycladic Venus. The Cycladic culture, which flourished in the islands of the Aegean Sea between c.3300-1100 BCE, was best known for their artworks of marble figurines, most commonly single full-length female figures with folded arms across their fronts. These figures usually had a sharply-defined nose but smooth blank faces, although there is some evidence that the faces were originally painted.