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Chapter 4: AEGEAN ART
CH4 Vocabulary• Aegean• Crete• Peloponnesian• Helladic• Hellenistic• Cyclades (Cycladic)• Minoan• Sir Arthur Evans• Dressed stone• Coursed ashlar• Rhyton• Casemate
• Buon fresco• Fresco secco—• Repoussé• Terracotta• Citadel• Capstone• Relieving arch• Tholos• Heinrich Schliemann• Agamemnon• Megaron• Mycenaean great hall
Aegean Map
Ithaca!
Aegean Art
• Cycladic: c. 2800-1550 BCE
• Minoan: c. 2000-1400 BCE
• Mycenaean: c. 1500-1100 BCE
Marble Cycladic Figure. 2500 BCE
• Buried their dead with marble idols.
• Mother goddess of fertility
• Recalls the angular, abstract qualities of Paleolithic and Neolithic.
• Stiff, flat, angular, and wedge-shaped
Minoan Art aspects
• c. 2000-1400 BCE
• Island of Crete
• Playful
• Rhythmic motion
• Nature plays major role
• Color
Palace of Minos. Knossos, Crete.1500 BCE
COLUMN Great Court Palace
of King Minos.
Columns – Tapered, Wood
STAIRWELLPalace of King Minos.
Wooden columns with base and capital
DOLPHIN FRIEZE IN THE QUEEN'S
MEGARONPalace of King
Minos. Knossos, Crete.
c. 1500 BCE
• Megaron: Central audience hall
Queen’s Megaron
BATHROOM IN THE QUEEN'S APARTMENT
Palace of King Minos.
Note: stylized water becomes motif that decorates walls
Drains and Channels for Running Water
STORAGE JARS
Stored in basement for trade and to meet needs of royalty in palace
SNAKE GODDESS
c. 1650 BCE
-FAIENCE: Type of glazed earthenware
-Compare with Inanna-Ishtar (Lilith figure)
SNAKE GODDESS
c. 1650 BCE
FAIENCE
RHYTON BULL 1550-1500 BCE
•Superbly naturalistic
•Steatite, rock crystal, and gilt wood.
What is a Rhyton????
BULL-JUMPING FRESCOFrom the east wing Palace of King Minos.
Knossos, Crete. c. 1500 BCE
Landscape. Thera (Akrotiri). 1600-1500 BCEFresco: Paint on wet plaster
• What’s left is buon fresco… why?
“Flotilla” Fresco
Akrotiri
1650 BCE
“Flotilla” Fresco
Akrotiri
1650 BCE
Young girls gathering Saffron Crocus flowers
Akrotiri
1700-1450 BCE
Modern cretan saffron
Cost @ 5000 U.S. dollars per LBS.
Saffron Picker
detail
SNAKE GODDESS
c. 1650 BCE
FAIENCE
Note Note similarities in similarities in dress and dress and open topopen top
Symbols of Symbols of power and power and wealth = wealth = snakes, lion, snakes, lion, saffronsaffron
Ceremonial?Ceremonial?
Minoan VaseThera
1500 BCE.
Jumping Dolphin = common motif in Crete
Beaked Jug1800 BCE
Crete
Natural shell like motif
Octopus Vase1500 BCE
Crete
HARVESTER VASE. 1500 BCE. Crete
Mycenaean Art
• Also known as Late Helladic Period
• Height of culture lasted from 1400 to 1100 BCE
• Often associated w/ Homerian legend
• Mycenaean art similar to Minoan
• More war-like heavily fortified citadels
Palace of Minos. Knossos, Crete.1500 BCE
9/16/10 Warm-Up• You are a highly trained archeologist, historian/art historian!!!• After examining the ruins of these two structures you concluded the following
– The structure on the right was constructed almost purely for defense and with the intention of frightening enemies
– The structure on the left was its opposite. An extravagant palace with beautiful landscaping and no apparent need for defense.
• In 4-5 sentences defend these 2 statements with historical knowledge and evidence from the images.
Archeology: scientific study of the human past through the things left behind by humans.
Linear B on Clay tablets
Tiryns Citadel. c. 1400-1200 BCE.Mycenae
• 20-ft thick walls
LION GATE
1250 BCECitadel of Mycenae
Corbeling: Technique for
constructing the relieving triangle
Tomb of Atreus. c. 1300 BCE. MycenaeBeehive Tomb
Interior of Tomb of Atreus
Funerary Mask. c. 1600-1500 BCE
• Repoussé: method of beating metal into shape
The Vaphio Cups, 1500 BCE
Lion's Head Rhyton
1550 BCE
Mycenae
MycenaeanMinoan Persian