Aegean Art Cycladic Culture c. 3000 - 1200 BCE Minoan Culture c. 3000 - 1100 BCE Helladic (Mycenaean) Culture c. 1600 - 1100 BCE.

Aegean Art

Cycladic Culturec. 3000 - 1200 BCE

Minoan Culturec. 3000 - 1100 BCE

Helladic (Mycenaean) Culturec. 1600 - 1100 BCE

Cycladic

Two Figures of Women

c. 2500 - 2200 BCEMarble, 13” and 25”

Figure of a Woman

c. 2500 - 2200 BCEMarble, approx 18”

Cycladic

Seated Harp Players c. 2800 - 2700 BCE Marble, approx 11.5”

Male Flute Player c. 2700 - 2300 BCE Marble

Minoan Culture3000 - 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

DolphinFrescoin Queen’s Megaron,Palace ofKnossos

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 BCEheight approx. 12”

Minoan

Octopus Flask

c. 1500 - 1450 BCEMarine 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 Culture: 1600 - 1000 BCE

Mycenaean

Citadel of Mycenae - inhabited c. 1600 - 1200 BCE

Mycenaean

Citadel of Mycenae - inhabited c. 1600 - 1200 BCE

Mycenaen

Lion Gate, Mycenaec. 1250 BCE

Limestone relief,height of sculptureapprox. 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 BCEheight 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