Transcript AP_Art_History

AP Art History
Chapter 4 Minos and the Heroes of Homer:
The Art of the Prehistoric Aegean
© Kevan Nitzberg
Chronological Overview
• 3000-2000 BCE. – Early Cycladic, Early Minoan, Early
Helladic Period
• 2000-1700 BCE. – Middle Cycladic, Middle Minoan, Middle
Helladic Period
- Old Palace Period on Crete (ca. 2000-1700 BCE)
• 1700-1200 BCE. – Late Cycladic, Late Minoan, Late Helladic
(Mycenaean) Period
- Linear A Script developed (ca. 1700-1600 BCE.)
- New Palace Period on Crete (ca. 1700-1400 BCE.)
- Theran eruption (ca. 1628 BCE.)
- Mycenaeans at Knossos (ca.1450-1400 BCE.)
- Linear B Script developed (ca. 1400-1300 BCE.)
- Post Palatial Period on Crete (ca. 1400-1200 BCE.)
- Destruction of Mycenaean Palaces (ca. 1200 BCE.)
Cycladic Art
Cycladic Art
Figurine of a woman from Syros (Cyclades), Greece, ca. 2500-2300 BCE
Male lyre player from Keros (Cyclades), Greece, ca. 2700-2500 BCE.
Minoan Art
Aerial view of the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece,
ca. 1700-1400 BCE.
Plan of the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1700-1400 BCE.
Interior stairwell at the palace of Knossos (Crete), Greece
Minoan woman or goddess (La Parisienne), palace of Knossos
(Crete), Greece, ca. 1450-1400 BCE.
Bull-leaping, from the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece,
ca. 1450-1400 BCE. Fresco
Flotilla, detail of Miniature Ships Fresco, frieze from ‘West House’ at
Akotiri, Thera (Cyclades), Greece, ca. 1650 BCE.
Landscape with swallows (Spring Fresco), ‘West House’ at Akrotiri,
Thera (Cyclades), Greece, ca. 1650 BCE.
Kamares Ware jar, from Phaistos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1800-1700 BCE.
Marine Style octopus jar from Palaikastro (Crete), Greece, ca. 1500 BCE.
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Sarcophagus from Hagia Triada (Crete), Greece, ca. 1450-1400 BCE.
Harvester Vase from Hagia Triada (Crete), Greece, ca. 1500 BCE.
Snake Goddess, from the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece,
ca. 1600 BCE.
Young god (?) from Palaikastro (Crete), Greece, ca. 1500-1475 BCE.
Mycenaean Art
Aerial view of the citadel at Tiyrns, Greece, ca. 1400-1200 BCE.
Corbeled gallery in the walls of the citadel, Tiryns, Greece,
ca. 1400-1200 BCE.
post and lintel
corbeled arch
arch
3 methods of spanning a passageway
Plan of the palace and southern part of the citadel, Tiryns, Greece,
Ca. 1400-1200 BCE.
Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300-1250 BCE.
Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae. Greece, ca. 1300-1250 BCE.
Vault of the tholos of the Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece,
ca. 1300-1250 BCE.
Funerary mask, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1600-1500 BCE.
Inlaid dagger blade with lion hunt, Mycenae, Greece,
ca. 1600-1500 BCE.
Female head from Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300-1250 BCE.
Warrior Vase, from Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1200 BCE.
Art Comparison Section
Criteria for Analysis:
Part I
A) size
B) material and technique
C) approximate date
D) about where they were found
Part II
Compositional Analysis of the Work Shown:
A) Detailed account of what you see
B) Elements of Art – Sensory Qualities
C) Principles of Design – Formal Qualities