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Aegean Art. Cycladic Culture c. 3000 - 1200 BCE Minoan Culture c. 3000 - 1100 BCE Helladic (Mycenaean) Culture c. 1600 - 1100 BCE. Cycladic. Two Figures of Women c. 2500 - 2200 BCE Marble, 13” and 25”. Figure of a Woman c. 2500 - 2200 BCE Marble, approx 18”. Cycladic.
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Aegean Art Cycladic Culture c. 3000 - 1200 BCE Minoan Culture c. 3000 - 1100 BCE Helladic (Mycenaean) Culture c. 1600 - 1100 BCE
Cycladic Two Figures of Women c. 2500 - 2200 BCE Marble, 13” and 25” Figure of a Woman c. 2500 - 2200 BCE Marble, approx 18”
Cycladic Seated Harp Players c. 2800 - 2700 BCE Marble, approx 11.5” Male Flute Player c. 2700 - 2300 BCE Marble
Minoan Culture 3000 - 1375 BCE
Minoan Palace complex, Knossos c. 1700 - 1450 BCE
Minoan Aerial view of Palace complex at Knossos
Minoan Inverted columns from court staircase c. 1700 BCE(reconstructed c. 1900 CE)
Minoan Dolphin Fresco in Queen’s Megaron, Palace of Knossos
Minoan Dolphin Fresco
Minoan Bull Leaping Fresco wall painting with restorationsKnossos, c. 1550-1450 Height approx. 24.5”
Minoan Bull Leaping - diagram
Minoan Gold signet ring with Bull Leaping theme
Minoan Landscape (Spring Fresco) Wall painting with reconstructions, before 1630 BCE
Minoan Kamares Ware jug c. 2000 - 1900 BCEceramic, height 10.5”
Minoan Kamares Ware vessel with Fish ceramic, c. 2000 - 1900 BCE height approx. 12”
Minoan Octopus Flaskc. 1500 - 1450 BCE Marine style ceramicheight 11”
Minoan Ship Fresco (left section) from Akrotiri, Therac. 1650 - 1500 BCE, 15.75” height
Minoan Woman or Goddess with Snakes c. 1700-1550 BCEFaience, height 11.875”
Mycenaean Citadel of Mycenae - inhabited c. 1600 - 1200 BCE
Mycenaean Citadel of Mycenae - inhabited c. 1600 - 1200 BCE
Mycenaen Lion Gate, Mycenae c. 1250 BCE Limestone relief, height of sculpture approx. 9’6”
Mycenaean Corbel-vaulted casemate inside ring wall at Citadel of Tirynsc. 1365 BCE
Mycenaean Grave circle - Citadel at Mycenae
Mycenaean Entrance to Tholos, the “Treasury of Atreus” beehive tombc. 1300 - 1200 BCE
Mycenaean Corbeled vault, interior “Treasury of Atreus”c. 1300 - 1200 BCE height of vault approx. 43’, diameter 47.5’ Largest uninterrupted interior space in Europe until the Pantheon in Rome, built 1st century BCE
Mycenaean “Treasury of Atreus”
Mycenaean Diagram - “Treasury of Atreus”
Mycenaen “Mask of Agamemnon” Funerary mask from Grave Circle A, Mycenaec. 1600 - 1550 BCEgold, approx. 12”
Mycenean Tiara, Earrings - from royal tombs, Mycenae
Minoan/ (Mycenaean?) Vapheio Cups c. 1650-1450 BCE Gold, height 3.5”
Mycenaean Dagger blade with lion hunt from Grave Circle A, Mycenae c. 1550-1500 BCE Bronze inlaid with gold silver and niello. Length 9.375” Ceremonial dagger blades