Art History
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Ancient Aegean Art
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The Ancient ('Prehistoric') Aegean
Map 4-1 The prehistoric Aegean.
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The Cycladic Figures
Describe the visual aspects of the Cycladic female and male figures.
Why are these figures popular and highly collectible now?
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Figurine of a woman, from Syros (Cyclades), Greece, ca. 2500–2300 BCE. Marble, 1’ 6” high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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Male lyre player, from Keros (Cyclades), Greece, ca. 2600-2300 BCE. Marble, 9” high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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Minoan Art and Architecture
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Aerial view (looking northeast) of the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1700–1370 BCE.
King Minos and Crete
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Plan of the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1700–1400 BCE.
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Bull-leaping, from the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1500 BCE. Fresco, 2’ 8” high, including border. Archaeological Museum, Irakleion.
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Stairwell in the residential quarter of the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1700–1370 BCE.
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Minoan woman or goddess (La Parisienne), from the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1500 BCE. Fragment of a fresco, 10” high. Archaeological Museum, Irakleion.
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Landscape with swallows (Spring Fresco), from Room Delta 2, Akrotiri, Thera (Cyclades), Greece, ca. 1650-1625 BCE. Fresco, 7’ 6” high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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Flotilla, detail of Miniature Ships Fresco, from room 5, West House, Akrotiri, Thera (Cyclades), Greece, ca. 1650-1625 BCE. Fresco, 1’ 5” high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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Crocus gatherers, detail of the east wall of room 3 of building Xeste 3, Akrotiri, Thera (Cyclades), Greece, ca. 1650–1625 BCE. Fresco, 8’ 1/8” high. Reconstructed in National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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Snake Goddess, from the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1600 BCE. Faience, 1’ 1 1/2” high. Archaeological Museum, Irakleion.
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Kamares-ware jar, from Phaistos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1800–1700 BCE. 1’ 8” high. Archaeological Museum, Irakleion.
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Marine Style octopus jar, from Palaikastro (Crete), Greece, ca. 1500 BCE. 11” high. Archaeological Museum, Irakleion.
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Harvester Vase, from Hagia Triada (Crete), Greece, ca. 1500 BCE. Steatite, originally with gold leaf, greatest diameter 5”. Archaeological Museum, Irakleion.
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Mycenaean Art and Architecture
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Plan of the palace and southern part of the citadel, Tiryns, Greece, ca. 1400–1200 BCE.
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Aerial view of the citadel (looking east) at Tiryns, Greece, ca. 1400–1200 BCE.
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Restored view of the megaron, Palace of Nestor, Pylos, ca. 1300 BCE (watercolor by Piet de Jong).
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Corbel-vaulted gallery in the circuit wall of the citadel, Tiryns, Greece, ca. 1400–1200 BCE.
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Corbeled arch
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Lion Gate (looking east), Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300–1250 BCE. Limestone, relief panel, 9’ 6” high.
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Exterior of the Treasury of Atreus (looking west), Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300-1250 BCE.
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Interior of the Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300-1250 BCE.
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Aerial view of Grave Circle A, ca. 1600 BCE, and of the wall circuit, ca. 1300–1250 BCE, Mycenae, Greece.
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Funerary mask, from Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1600–1500 BCE. Beaten gold, 1’ high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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Inlaid dagger blade with lion hunt, from Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1600–1500 BCE. Bronze, inlaid with gold, silver, and niello, 9” long. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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Hunter capturing a bull, drinking cup from Vapheio, near Sparta, Greece, ca. 1600–1500 BCE. Gold, 3 1/2" high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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Two goddesses(?) and a child, from Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1400–1250 BCE. Ivory, 2 3/4" high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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Warriors Vase (krater), from Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1200 BCE. 1’ 4” high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
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