Chapter Two Part 1 Greece Aegean,Minoan Prepared by Kelly Donahue-Wallace Randal Wallace University of North Texas Gardner's Art through the Ages, Concise Edition by Fred Kleiner
Feb 24, 2016
Chapter Two Part 1Greece Aegean,Minoan
Prepared by Kelly Donahue-Wallace
Randal WallaceUniversity of North Texas
Gardner's Art through the Ages, Concise Edition by Fred Kleiner
PrehistoricAegean ArtDates and Places: • 2500-1200BCE• Cyclades Islands,
Crete, Peloponnesos People:• Kings, priests, warriors• Described in Homer’s
IliadSnake Goddess, ca. 1600BCE. Fig. 2-8.
Prehistoric Aegean ArtThemes:• Human figures• Nature• Funerary offerings • Palaces and citadelsForms:• Formal conventions
vary• Post-and-lintel and
masonry construction Stairwell in the residential quarter at the palace at Knossos, ca. 1700-1400BCE. Fig.
2-4
Prehistoric Aegean: Cycladic Dates and Places: • 2500-1700BCE• Cyclades Islands
People:• Little known
Example:• Schematic figures• Painted funerary
offerings Figurine of a woman, ca. 2500-2300BCE. Fig. 2-2.
Prehistoric Aegean: Minoan Dates and Places: • 1700-1200BCE• Island of Crete
People:• Palace builders• Prosperous• Rituals involving
animalsOctopus jar, ca. 1500BCE. Fig. 2-7.
Prehistoric Aegean: Minoan
Aerial view of the palace at Knossos, ca. 1700-1400BCE. Fig. 2-3.
Prehistoric Aegean: MinoanExample: • Labyrinthine yet open
palace plan• Light and air wells• Open courtyard• Wood columns with
bulbous capitals• Administrative,
commercial and religious center
Aerial view of the palace at Knossos, ca. 1700-1400BCE. Fig. 2-3.
Prehistoric Aegean: Minoan
Bull-leaping from the palace at Knossos, ca. 1450-1400BCE. Fig. 2-4.
Prehistoric Aegean: MinoanExample: • Palace fresco paintings
of people and nature• Conventional
representations by gender
• Minoan figures slender and animated
Bull-leaping from the palace at Knossos, ca. 1450-1400BCE.
Fig. 2-4.