AGEAN ART + MINOAN ART

Who? What? When? Where? Why?

Women figurine. Geometric form with arms folded. 2500-2300. Syros, Greece in tomb. Ritual surrounding deceased

Lyre Player. Made of marble. 2700-2500. Geometric and triangular. Head looking up to heavens. Music transporting.

Harp Player. 2800-2700. Face detailing and less geometric. Marble was standard material. Earlier sculptures had detailing. Newer were more geometric

Palace at Knossos. Crete, Greece. 1700-1400. Secular Architecture: areas with specific functions, administrative structure. Courtyard for light and open space. Built on hill for defense. Minoan columns. Cushion capitals

“La Parisienne” fresco in Palace at Knossos. Female figure w hair style. Facade of face but eye is forward (composite view)

Bull leaping fresco in palace at Knossos. Practiced sport by men. Men w dark skin. Women w light skin. Development of complex sport and an interested in its representation. Development of gender rep. Olympics from Greece. Strength, agility to prepare for warfare.

Spring fresco from “delta 2”. Akrotiri, Thera (Cyclades). 1650. Colors sourced from plants and minerals.

Kamares Ware Jar from phaistos. 1800-1700. Pottery became important element. Patterns and imagery.

Marine Style Octopus Jar from Palaikastro. 1500. Has octopus whose form echos the jars form.

Snake Goddess from Palace at Knossos. 1600. Tiny waste, arms outstretched. Cat on her head. Made of faience, a man made substance.

Young god from Palaikastro. 1500-1475. Hole in center and burned. Made of ivory and gold. Artistic flourishing culture.