Transcript Figure 4-1 Figurine of a woman, from Syros (Cyclades), Greece, ca

Art of the Prehistoric Aegean
I Cycladic Art (c. 2500 BCE)
II Minoan Art (c. 1700 BCE)
III Mycenaean Art (c. 1500 BCE)
I. Cycladic Art
Figurine of a woman, from Syros
(Cyclades), Greece, ca. 2500–2300
BCE. Marble, approx. 1’ 6” high
II. Minoan Art (c. 1700 BCE)
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Sarcophagus from Hagia Triada (Crete), Greece, ca.
1450-1400 BCE, Painted limestone, 4’ 6” long
Palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1700–1400 BCE
Bull Leapers, Fresco from the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca.
1450–1400 BCE
Fresco
smial
Flotilla, from Room 5, West House, Akrotiri, Thera (Cyclades),
Greece, ca. 1650 BCE. Fresco, approx. 1’ 5” high. National
Archaeological Museum, Athens.
Spring Fresco, from Room Delta 2, Akrotiri, Thera (Cyclades),
Greece, ca. 1650 BCE
Octopus Jar,
Greece, ca. 1500
BCE. Approx.
11” high
Harvester Vase, Crete, Greece,
ca. 1500 BCE. Greatest diameter
approx. 5”.
Snake Goddess,
from palace at Knossos
(Crete), Greece,
Ca. 1600 BCE. Faience,
approx. 1’ 1 1/2” high.
Archaeological Museum,
Herakleion.
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III. Mycenaean Art (c. 1500 BCE)
Female head, from Mycenae,
Greece, ca. 1300-1250 BCE.
Painted plaster,
approx. 6 ½” h
Sharon Mollerus
Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300–1250 BCE. Limestone, relief
panel approx. 9’ 6” high.
corbel vault
post-and-lintel
Lion Gate, Mycenae
Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300–1250 BCE.
Vault of the tholos of the
Treasury of Atreus,
Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300–
1250 BCE. Approx. 43’ high.
repoussé
Funerary mask, from Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1600–
1500 BCE. Beaten gold, approx. 1’ high
Warrior Vase, from Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1200 BCE