Transcript Chapter 4

Chapter 4
Art of the Aegean
CYCLADIC ART
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MINOAN ART
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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
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Queens megaron
True (Wet) Fresco
Reconstructed drawing of Knossos throne room
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Bull-leaping Fresco
Stylized shapes
Landscape with swallows (Spring Fresco)
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4-10 Kamares Ware jar
Polychromatic
Curvilinear
Abstract patterns
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Marine style
octopus jar
Snake Goddess
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Other Snake Goddesses
Faience
http://harpy.uccs.edu/greek/artifacts.html
www.uvm.edu/.../?Page=mainpagelinks/ambrose.html
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Young god(?)
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Harvester Vase
MYCENAEAN ART
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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
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Relieving Triangle
www.uvm.edu/.../?Page=mainpagelinks/ambrose.html
Gardner’s
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Dromos
Treasury of Atreus
Tholos Tomb
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Funerary mask
Repousse
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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