Chapter Two Part 1

1. Greece Aegean,Minoan Gardner's Art through the Ages, Concise Edition by Fred Kleiner Chapter Two Part 1 Prepared by Kelly Donahue-Wallace Randal Wallace University of North Texas

2. PrehistoricAegean Art Dates and Places: 2500-1200BCE Cyclades Islands, Crete, Peloponnesos People: Kings, priests, warriors Described in Homer’s Iliad Snake Goddess, ca. 1600BCE. Fig. 2-8.

3. Prehistoric Aegean Art Themes: Human figures Nature Funerary offerings Palaces and citadels Forms: Formal conventions vary Post-and-lintel and masonry construction Stairwell in the residential quarter at the palace at Knossos, ca. 1700-1400BCE. Fig. 2-4

4. Prehistoric Aegean: Cycladic Dates and Places: 2500-1700BCE Cyclades Islands People: Little known Example: Schematic figures Painted funerary offerings Figurine of a woman, ca. 2500-2300BCE. Fig. 2-2.

5. Prehistoric Aegean: Minoan Dates and Places: 1700-1200BCE Island of Crete People: Palace builders Prosperous Rituals involving animals Octopus jar, ca. 1500BCE. Fig. 2-7.

6. Prehistoric Aegean: Minoan Aerial view of the palace at Knossos, ca. 1700-1400BCE. Fig. 2-3.

7. Prehistoric Aegean: Minoan Example: Labyrinthine yet open palace plan Light and air wells Open courtyard Wood columns with bulbous capitals Administrative, commercial and religious center Aerial view of the palace at Knossos, ca. 1700-1400BCE. Fig. 2-3.

8. Prehistoric Aegean: Minoan Bull-leaping from the palace at Knossos, ca. 1450-1400BCE. Fig. 2-4.

9. Prehistoric Aegean: Minoan Example: Palace fresco paintings of people and nature Conventional representations by gender Minoan figures slender and animated Bull-leaping from the palace at Knossos, ca. 1450-1400BCE. Fig. 2-4.