Chapter 4 AEGEAN ART CH 4 Vocabulary Aegean

Chapter 4: AEGEAN ART

CH 4 Vocabulary • • • Aegean Crete Peloponnesian Helladic Hellenistic Cyclades (Cycladic) Minoan Sir Arthur Evans Dressed stone Coursed ashlar Rhyton Casemate • • • Buon fresco Fresco secco— Repoussé Terracotta Citadel Capstone Relieving arch Tholos Heinrich Schliemann Agamemnon Megaron Mycenaean great hall

Aegean Map Ithaca!

Aegean Art • Cycladic: c. 2800 -1550 BCE • Minoan: c. 2000 -1400 BCE • Mycenaean: c. 1500 -1100 BCE

Marble Cycladic Figure. 2500 BCE • Buried their dead with marble idols. • Mother goddess of fertility • Recalls the angular, abstract qualities of Paleolithic and Neolithic. • Stiff, flat, angular, and wedge-shaped

Minoan Art aspects • • • c. 2000 -1400 BCE Island of Crete Playful Rhythmic motion Nature plays major role Color

Palace of Minos. Knossos, Crete. 1500 BCE

COLUMN Great Court Palace of King Minos.

Columns – Tapered, Wood

STAIRWELL Palace of King Minos. Wooden columns with base and capital

DOLPHIN FRIEZE IN THE QUEEN'S MEGARON Palace of King Minos. Knossos, Crete. c. 1500 BCE • Megaron: Central audience hall

Queen’s Megaron

BATHROOM IN THE QUEEN'S APARTMENT Palace of King Minos. Note: stylized water becomes motif that decorates walls

Drains and Channels for Running Water

STORAGE JARS Stored in basement for trade and to meet needs of royalty in palace

SNAKE GODDESS c. 1650 BCE -FAIENCE: Type of glazed earthenware -Compare with Inanna. Ishtar (Lilith figure)

SNAKE GODDESS c. 1650 BCE FAIENCE

RHYTON BULL 1550 -1500 BCE • Superbly naturalistic • Steatite, rock crystal, and gilt wood. What is a Rhyton? ?

BULL-JUMPING FRESCO From the east wing Palace of King Minos. Knossos, Crete. c. 1500 BCE

Landscape. Thera (Akrotiri). 1600 -1500 BCE Fresco: Paint on wet plaster

• What’s left is buon fresco… why?

“Flotilla” Fresco Akrotiri 1650 BCE

Modern cretan saffron Cost @ 5000 U. S. dollars per LBS. Young girls gathering Saffron Crocus flowers Akrotiri 1700 -1450 BCE

Saffron Picker detail

SNAKE GODDESS Note similarities in dress and open top Symbols of power and wealth = snakes, lion, saffron Ceremonial? c. 1650 BCE FAIENCE

Minoan Vase Thera 1500 BCE. Jumping Dolphin = common motif in Crete

Beaked Jug 1800 BCE Crete Natural shell like motif

Octopus Vase 1500 BCE Crete

HARVESTER VASE. 1500 BCE. Crete

Mycenaean Art • Also known as Late Helladic Period • Height of culture lasted from 1400 to 1100 BCE • Often associated w/ Homerian legend • Mycenaean art similar to Minoan • More war-like heavily fortified citadels

Palace of Minos. Knossos, Crete. 1500 BCE

9/16/10 Warm-Up • • You are a highly trained archeologist, historian/art historian!!! After examining the ruins of these two structures you concluded the following – The structure on the right was constructed almost purely for defense and with the intention of frightening enemies – The structure on the left was its opposite. An extravagant palace with beautiful landscaping and no apparent need for defense. • In 4 -5 sentences defend these 2 statements with historical knowledge and evidence from the images. Archeology: scientific study of the human past through the things left behind by humans.