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‘Archaizing, idol making, and religious sculpture. After World War II several sculptors became interested in the art of early Mediterranean civilizations. The result was a conscious archaizing of the human form with the intent of recapturing qualities of Cycladic idols, early Greek and Egyptian statuary, and some aspects of late Roman art.’

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* – ibid [Encyclopaedia Britannica 27:] 111

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