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Page 1: Chapter 4: AEGEAN ART. CH4 Vocabulary Aegean Crete Peloponnesian Helladic Hellenistic Cyclades (Cycladic) Minoan Sir Arthur Evans Dressed stone Coursed

Chapter 4: AEGEAN ART

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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

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Aegean Map

Ithaca!

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Aegean Art

• Cycladic: c. 2800-1550 BCE

• Minoan: c. 2000-1400 BCE

• Mycenaean: c. 1500-1100 BCE

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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

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Minoan Art aspects

• c. 2000-1400 BCE

• Island of Crete

• Playful

• Rhythmic motion

• Nature plays major role

• Color

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Palace of Minos. Knossos, Crete.1500 BCE

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COLUMN Great Court Palace

of King Minos.

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Columns – Tapered, Wood

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STAIRWELLPalace of King Minos.

Wooden columns with base and capital

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DOLPHIN FRIEZE IN THE QUEEN'S

MEGARONPalace of King

Minos. Knossos, Crete.

c. 1500 BCE

• Megaron: Central audience hall

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Queen’s Megaron

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BATHROOM IN THE QUEEN'S APARTMENT

Palace of King Minos.

Note: stylized water becomes motif that decorates walls

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Drains and Channels for Running Water

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STORAGE JARS

Stored in basement for trade and to meet needs of royalty in palace

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SNAKE GODDESS

c. 1650 BCE

-FAIENCE: Type of glazed earthenware

-Compare with Inanna-Ishtar (Lilith figure)

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SNAKE GODDESS

c. 1650 BCE

FAIENCE

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RHYTON BULL 1550-1500 BCE

•Superbly naturalistic

•Steatite, rock crystal, and gilt wood.

What is a Rhyton????

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BULL-JUMPING FRESCOFrom the east wing Palace of King Minos.

Knossos, Crete. c. 1500 BCE

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Landscape. Thera (Akrotiri). 1600-1500 BCEFresco: Paint on wet plaster

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• What’s left is buon fresco… why?

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“Flotilla” Fresco

Akrotiri

1650 BCE

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“Flotilla” Fresco

Akrotiri

1650 BCE

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Young girls gathering Saffron Crocus flowers

Akrotiri

1700-1450 BCE

Modern cretan saffron

Cost @ 5000 U.S. dollars per LBS.

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Saffron Picker

detail

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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?

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Minoan VaseThera

1500 BCE.

Jumping Dolphin = common motif in Crete

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Beaked Jug1800 BCE

Crete

Natural shell like motif

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Octopus Vase1500 BCE

Crete

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HARVESTER VASE. 1500 BCE. Crete

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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

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Palace of Minos. Knossos, Crete.1500 BCE

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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.

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Linear B on Clay tablets

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Tiryns Citadel. c. 1400-1200 BCE.Mycenae

• 20-ft thick walls

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LION GATE

1250 BCECitadel of Mycenae

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Corbeling: Technique for

constructing the relieving triangle

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Tomb of Atreus. c. 1300 BCE. MycenaeBeehive Tomb

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Interior of Tomb of Atreus

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Funerary Mask. c. 1600-1500 BCE

• Repoussé: method of beating metal into shape

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The Vaphio Cups, 1500 BCE

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Lion's Head Rhyton

1550 BCE

Mycenae

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MycenaeanMinoan Persian