Transcript Chapter 4
Chapter 4 Art of the Aegean CYCLADIC ART http://www.windmillstravel.com/photos/17908-max.jpg Flashcards MINOAN ART Flashcard Palace at Knossos faculty.cva.edu/Stout/Egyptian/Egyptian.html Stairwell of Palace at Knossos Compare to Doric column : www.uvm.edu/.../?Page=mainpagelinks/ambrose.html Flashcard Queens megaron True (Wet) Fresco Reconstructed drawing of Knossos throne room Flashcard Bull-leaping Fresco Stylized shapes Landscape with swallows (Spring Fresco) Flashcard 4-10 Kamares Ware jar Polychromatic Curvilinear Abstract patterns Flashcard Marine style octopus jar Snake Goddess Flashcard Other Snake Goddesses Faience http://harpy.uccs.edu/greek/artifacts.html www.uvm.edu/.../?Page=mainpagelinks/ambrose.html Flashcard Young god(?) Flashcard Harvester Vase MYCENAEAN ART Flashcards Citadel at Tiryns, Greece Corbeled gallery in walls Three methods of spanning a passageway Post and Lintel Corbeled Arch Arch Lion Gate, Mycenae Corbeled Arch Flashcard Relieving Triangle www.uvm.edu/.../?Page=mainpagelinks/ambrose.html Gardner’s Flashcard Dromos Treasury of Atreus Tholos Tomb Flashcard Funerary mask Repousse Flashcard Warrior Vase, from Mycenae Krater SUMMARY Minoan: island Art: palaces – not fortified, nurturing, loved life Vases: invented potter’s wheel Wet Fresco Stylistic Characteristics: movement - use of curved line, nature (organic), polychrome Intent : reflection of life, no concern with afterlife Mycenaean: mainland Greece, warfare Art: megaron. Beehive tomb – 1st dome and arch (corbelled), relieving triangle Metal workers: gold, mask, sword, cups Intent of Art: protection, utilitarian objects, funerary