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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?