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Aegean Art

Aegean Art. Art that was created in the Grecian lands surrounding, and the islands within, the Aegean Sea. Major Aegean Cultures. Cycladic Minoans Mycenaeans. Cycladic Art. 3300-2000 BCE The best-known art of this period are the marble figures.

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Aegean Art

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  1. Aegean Art Art that was created in the Grecian lands surrounding, and the islands within, the Aegean Sea.

  2. Major Aegean Cultures Cycladic Minoans Mycenaeans

  3. Cycladic Art 3300-2000 BCE The best-known art of this period are the marble figures

  4. Cycladic Art, Figure from AmorgosMarble figures were often buried with the dead.Narrowly defined type with surprising individuality.

  5. Cycladic Art

  6. Cycladic Art

  7. Cycladic Art

  8. Cycladic Art

  9. Marble harpist on Keros

  10. Cycladic Art

  11. Minoan Art 2600 BCE – 1400 BCE Bronze Age

  12. Early Minoan Pottery Early Minoan period ceramics were characterized by linear patterns of spirals, triangles, curved lines, crosses, fishbone motifs, etc.

  13. Middle Minoan Pottery naturalistic designs such as fish, squid, birds, and lilies were common

  14. Late Minoan Pottery flowers and animals were still the most characteristic, but the variability had increased

  15. Royal Pendant at Mallia, CreteMinoan

  16. Knossos Palace Knossos Palace, is the largest Bronze Age archaeological site on Crete, probably the ceremonial and political center of the Minoan civilization and culture.

  17. Palace of Knossos on CreteMinoan

  18. Knossos

  19. The Palace appears as a maze of workrooms, living spaces, and store rooms close to a central square.

  20. Detailed images of life in the late Bronze Age are provided by images on the walls of Knossos Palace

  21. Fresco from Knossos palaceMinoan

  22. Scene from Knossos palaceMinoan

  23. Throne Room in Knossos PalaceMinoan

  24. The Labyrinth and the MinotaurMinoean

  25. Minoan Labyrinth Plaque

  26. Minoan Minotaur

  27. Mycenaean Art 1600 BCE – 1100 BCE Quite unlike the Minoans, whose society benefited from trade, the Mycenaeans advanced through conquest

  28. Tholos Tombs The Mycenaeans buried their nobles in beehive tombs (tholos tombs): large circular burial chambers with a high vaulted roof and a straight entry passage lined with stone.

  29. Exterior, “Treasury of Arteus,” Mycenaean

  30. Interior, “Treasury of Arteus,” Mycenaean

  31. Interior, “Treasury of Arteus,” Mycenaean

  32. The nobility were frequently buried with gold masks, tiaras, armor, and jeweled weapons

  33. Mycenaean Art – Mask of Agamemnon

  34. Other Death Masks…

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