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CLASSICAL ART & ARCHITECTURE. ANCIENT GREECE. CYCLADIC CULTURE MINOAN CIVILIZATION MYCENAEAN CIVILIZATION ARCHAIC EARLY CLASSICAL CLASSICAL. CYCLADIC CULTURE. 3000 – 2000 BC CYCLADES: AN ISLAND GROUP NORTH OF CRETE
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ANCIENT GREECE • CYCLADIC CULTURE • MINOAN CIVILIZATION • MYCENAEAN CIVILIZATION • ARCHAIC • EARLY CLASSICAL • CLASSICAL
CYCLADIC CULTURE • 3000 – 2000 BC • CYCLADES: AN ISLAND GROUP NORTH OF CRETE • SCULPTURE CHARACTERIZED BY RECTANGULAR ANGULARITY AND AN ABSTRACT SIMPLICITY • CARVED IN PRISTINE WHITE MARBLE
MINOAN CIVILIZATION • 2600 – 1100 BC • THE ISLAND OF CRETE • NAMED AFTER KING MINOS • TRADE EMPIRE • PLAYFUL THEMES
BULL LEAPER SNAKE GODDESS
PALACE AT KNOSSOS The Domestic Quarter. 1.Grand Staircase. 2.Hall of Colonnades. 3.Corridor to the North-East. 4.Hall of the Double Axes. 5.Queen's Room. 6. Toilet. 7.Court of Distaffs. 8.Service staircase.
THRONE ROOM ANTECHAMBER
PALACE AT PHAESTOS 1.Main Entrance. 2.Open Court with garden. 3.Royal Apartments. 4.Toilet. 5.Magazines. 6.Workshops. 7.Rooms below dining-hall. 8.Guest quarters. 9.Central Court.
MYCENAEAN CULTURE • 1600 BC – 1110 BC • GREEK MAINLAND • WAR-LIKE • SPOKE A GREEK LANGUAGE & WORSHIPPED GREEK GODS
ARCHAIC PERIOD • 750 BC – 500 BC • DORIAN INVASION “DARK AGES”
KORE IONIC
POTTERY GEOMETRIC
CLASSICAL • 500BC – 323BC • MEDIUMS – STONE & BRONZE
KRITIOS BOY 480 BC
DISKOBOLOS 450 BC