Cycladic Marble female figures, Final Neolithic, 4500–2000 BCE, Cycladic art. Cycladic art refers to the artistic tradition of the ancient Cycladic culture, which flourished in the Cyclades islands of the Aegean Sea from around 3300 to 1100 BCE, and is considered one of the three major branches of prehistoric Aegean art, alongside Minoan and Mycenaean art. The most iconic works of Cycladic art are marble sculptures, especially the streamlined, abstract full-length human figures with arms folded