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Art of the Ancient Aegean

Reading:Stokstad, 81-99

Range:3000-1000 BCECycladic, Minoan and Mycenaean

Terms/Concepts:Fresco secco, buon fresco, kamares ware, faience, citadel, megaron, shaft graves, krater,

Monument List: Female Figure, Cycladic, 2600-

2400 BCE. Bull Leaping Fresco, Minoan,

1550-1450 BCE Woman or Goddess with Snakes,

Minoan, 1700-1550 BCE The “Flotilla Fresco,” Minoan,

1650 BCE. “Mask of Agammemnon” Grave

Shaft v, Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece, Mycenaean, 1600-1550 BCE

Warrior Krater, Mycenae, Greece, Mycenaean, 1300-1100 BCE

Chronological Overview & Cultural Connections

Chronological Overview & Cultural Connections

Chronological Overview & Cultural Connections

Cycladic Culture c. 2500 BCE – c. 1900 BCEMinoan Culture c. 2000 BCE – c. 1400 BCEMycenaean Culture c. 3000 BCE – c. 1100 BCE

Overview of Cultures

The Cyclades

Naxos, Cyclades

“Polisma” or “Place of Assembly, Grotta, Naxos, Cycladic, c. 2500 BCE.

Houses at Grotta, Naxos, Cylcadic, c. 2500 BCE

Pubic Triangle

Female Figure, Cycladic, 2600-2400 BCE Male Figure, Cycladic, c. 2400 BCE

Female Figure, Cycladic, 2600-2400 BCE Woman from Willendorf,

Neolithic Austria, 24,0000 BCE

Markings

Head with Painted Remains, Cyclades, 2500-2200 BCE

Female Figure with Painted Remains, Cyclades, 2600-2400 BCE

Markings

Head with Painted Remains, Cyclades, 2500-2200 BCE

Head with Painted Remains (Drawing), Cyclades, 2500-2200 BCE

Markings: Mourning

Head with Painted Remains, Cyclades, 2500-2200 BCE

Azeri woman whose cheeks bleed after she clawed them with her nails.

Markings

Female Figure with Painted Remains, Cyclades, 2600-2400 BCE

Markings: Healing

Female Figure with Painted Remains, Cyclades, 2600-2400 BCE

Markings: Tattoos

Figure with Painted Remains, Cyclades, 2600-2400 BCE

Tattooed Mummy, Thebes, Egypt, c. 3500 BCE

Reconstruction of the Palace Complex, Knossos, Crete, Minoan, 1700-1450 BCE.

Bull Leaping Fresco, Palace Complex, Knossos, Crete, Minoan, 1550-1450 BCE

Woman or Goddess with Snakes, Knossos, Crete, Minoan, 1700-1550 BCE

Vessel resembling Minoan Kamares Ware, Lahun, Egypt, Middle Kingdom, 1850-1800 BCE

Kamares Ware Vessel, Phaistos, Crete, Minoan, 2000-1900 BCE

Minoan Men bringing Tribute (?), Tomb of Rekhmire (Vizier of Thutmosis III), Thebes, New Kingdom, 1479-1425 BCE

Minoan Men bringing Tribute (?), Tomb of Rekhmire (Vizier of Thutmosis III), Thebes, New Kingdom, 1479-1425 BCE

Avaris

Bull Leaping Fresco (?),Reconstruction, Avaris, Egypt, Second Intermediate Period, c. 1550-1520 BCE

Bull Leaping Fresco (?), Fragments, Avaris, Egypt, Second Intermediate Period, c. 1550-1520 BCE

Knossos, Crete, 1550-1450 BCE Avaris, Egypt, 1550-1520

Thera

The “Flotilla Fresco,” Room 5 West House, Akrotiri, Thera, 1650 BCE.

The “Flotilla Fresco,” Room 5 West House, Akrotiri, Thera, 1650 BCE.

Citadel at Mycenae, Greece, Mycenaean, 1600-1200 BCE

Lion’s Gate

Grave Circle A

House of ColumnsMegaron

Great Ramp

Postern Gate

Warrior Vase HousePalace Entrance

Post Post

Lintel

Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece, Mycenaean, 1250 BCE

Gryphons from the Throne Room at Knossos

“Mask of Agammemnon” Grave Shaft v, Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece, Mycenaean, 1600-1550 BCE

Octopus Flask, Palaikastro, Crete, Minoan, 1500-1450 BCE

Stirrup jar with octopus, Mycenaean, ca. 1200–1100 BCE

Warrior Krater, Mycenae, Greece, Mycenaean, 1300-1100 BCE

Warrior Krater, Mycenae, Greece, Mycenaean, 1300-1100 BCE

Mourning Woman

Critical Thinking Questions

1. How does the environment of the Aegean impact the art and lifestyle of its cultures?

2. What instances of cultural interaction do you see in the ancient Aegean? How does this phenomenon impact art both inside and outside of the Aegean?

3. Who is Heinrich Schliemann? What legacy did he leave in the study of ancient Aegean art and culture?