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Megaron Labyrinth Ashlar masonry Buon fresco Faience Relieving triangle Corbelled arch Krater Atrium. Arthur Evans Heinrich Schliemann Homer/Iliad and Odyssey King Minos Aegean Sea Cycladic Islands Mycenae Knosos, Crete. The Aegean Sea Bronze Age Vocabulary.
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Megaron Labyrinth Ashlar masonry Buon fresco Faience Relieving triangle Corbelled arch Krater Atrium Arthur Evans Heinrich Schliemann Homer/Iliad and Odyssey King Minos Aegean Sea Cycladic Islands Mycenae Knosos, Crete The Aegean Sea Bronze AgeVocabulary
The Aegean Bronze Age • Cycladic Islands-southeast of Greece • Mycenaeans-Mycenae on Greek mainland • Flourished between 1600-1100 BCE • Minoans-Island of Crete • Flourished between 2000-1500 BCE • Heinrich Schliemann-1870s excavations of Mycenae • Sir Arthur Evans-excavations of Crete 1899-1932
Cycladic, Folded Arm Figures, 2500-2200 BCE
Minoan Art • Present on the island of Crete, south of Mainland Greece since around 3000 BCE • Dominated the Aegean during the first half of the 2nd millennium-approximately 2000-1500 BCE • Minos • Arthur Evans
Megaron • Labyrinth • 26,000 square yards Plan of the Palace at Knossos
Interior view of the atrium at the Palace at Knossos • Ashlar masonry • Atrium
Minoan,Bull Leaping, Palace of Knossos, 1550-1450 BCE Buon Fresco Fresco Secco
Minoan, Throne room from Palace at Knossos, late 15th century BCE
La Parisienne, Ca. 1400 BCE
Minoan, Snake Goddess, 1700-1550 BCE • Faience • Flounce
Mycenaean Art • Mycenaeans arrived in Greece at an unknown time from an unknown location • Flourished and dominated the Aegean during the second half of the 2nd millennium-approximately 1500-1200 BCE • Discovered by Heinrich Schliemann • Mycenaeans highly influenced Minoan Culture including inhabiting the island • Period and region involved with the legendary Trojan War
Mycenaean, Lions’ Gate, Ca. 1250 BCE • Relieving triangle • Corbelled arch • Cyclopean Masonry
Mycenaean, Tholos, “Treasury of Atreus,” ca. 1300-1200 BCE • Tholos
Interior detail, Treasury of Atreus Corbelled Vault
Mycenae, Funerary Mask (Mask of Agamemnon) from Grave Circle A, 1600-1550 BCE Repoussé
Minoan, Octopus flask, 1500-1400 BCE
Warrior Vase, 1400-1200 BCE Krater