{Classical Greek Art [continued (16)]} ([–] Terracottas)[27th January 1991]

[Redbook8:196][19910127:1250p]{Classical Greek Art [continued (16)]} ([–] Terracottas)[27th January 1991]

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‘The votive [terracotta]* represented the deity or the worshipper, and much the most common type in the 5^th century [bce]** was was still the standing or seated female figure,*** frequently holding an offering or attribute.’

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‘The chief deity everywhere in the Aegean in the Bronze Age# was evidently a goddess.... Perhaps there were several goddesses....’

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**2048G~512BCE

***G~g~

****– ibid [Encylopaedia of Visual Art 1:] 140

#(cf [[Redbook8:44-67][19901027ff]{Comparative Chronology}[27th October 1990],] 48 above: c3000-1000BCE)

#*– E[ncyclopaedia] B[ritannica] 20:236

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