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| The works produced by civilizations that developed in the basin of the Aegean Sea between 3000 - 1200 BCE |
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| Culture centered around the Cycladic Islands (in the Aegean sea) |
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The Female Figurine
Cycladic Culture - Aegeans
25000 BCE
stressed reproductive aspects
smooth contours
delicate proportions
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| Imagery which departs from representational accuracy, to a variable range of possible degrees, for some reason other than verisimilitude. Abstract artists select and then exaggerate or simplify the forms suggested by the world around them |
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Aegean civilization
First great western civilization
Developed form of writing (Linear A, then Linear B)
Built great palaces that were open and excessible (dffernt than Assyrians)
Few temples/shrines (not very religious) |
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| Shafts in Minoan palaces for letting in light and air |
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a porch or walkway with a roof, open or partly enclosed, supported by columns
seen in Minoan palaces
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paintings done on wet plaster
Minoans made many frescos |
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Minoan column
ca. 16C BCE
originally made of wood and painted
cushion-shaped capital
shafts taper towards base
very different from Egyptian and Greek |
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"Toreador Fresco"
Bull-leaping fresco from Knossos
ca. 1500 BCE
Full of motion and energy
dignified and graceful
curvilinears
long hair curls, elongated bodies, and pinched waists show elegance and are typical of Minoan culture
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Snake Goddess
ca. 1600 BCE
Minoan Civilization
Fluid, rythmic sculpture (unlike Egyptian and Assyrian)
small, many copies
may be a religious artifact
elegant, graceful contours
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Harvester Vace
ca. 1500 BCE
Features a low relief
Humans: overlap presentation (different than Egyptian and Mesopotamian)
Emotional intensity in people not previously seen
sculpture (i.e. branches) conform to shape of vace |
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Late Helladic (Mycenaeic) Period
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After the Minoans
Mainlanders take control of Aegean Sea (warrior race)
Agememnon! |
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a great wall comprised of huge, rough-cut stones
named after the mythological Greek Cyclops
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| grand enterance hall in Mycenaean architecture |
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| a long passageway approaching a royal Mycanaean tomb |
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| the beehive shaped royal tomb of the Mycenaean time period |
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A method of producing metal relief by hammering and/or punching a sheet of metal from the back and then engraving details on the front
Used by the Mycenaeans
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a vessel for mixing wine and water
often works of art, like the Warrior Vase of Mycenae (1200 BCE) |
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Palace of Mycenae - Lion's Gate
ca. 1300 BCE
A high relief of two lions is placed over a trilithon
Triangular shape of sculpture helps support the corbelled arch
first royal symbol in Western Civilization |
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Treasury of Atreus
ca. 1300 BCE
Mycenaean civilization
Tomb of Agememnon's father
long dromos leading up to gate; beehive structure within
largest free, unsuported space seen in a building until the Romans (who used concrete)
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Funerary Masks
ca. 1300 BCE
Mycenaean Civilization
repousse masks
buried with deceased Mycenean royalty
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