Chapter 4: The Prehistoric Aegean

Relieving triangle with confronting lions, detail of the Lion GateMycenae, Greece, ca. 1300-1250 BCEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5j0ujCz6RY&feature=related

Figurine of a Woman from Syros (Cyclades)Greece, ca. 2500-2300 BCE, Marble, 1’6”high

Male lyre player, from Keros (Cyclades)Greece, ca. 2700-2500 BCE, Marble, 9”high

Plan of the palace at Knossos (Crete)

Greece, ca. 1700-1400 BCE

Bull-leaping, from the palace at Knossos (Crete)Greece, ca. 1450-1400 BCE, Fresco, 2’8” High

Landscape with Swallows (Spring Fresco)From room Delta 2, Akrotiri, Thera (Cyclades), Greece ca. 1650 BCE. Fresco, 7’6” high

Marine style octopus jar, from Palaikastro (Crete)Greece, ca. 1500 BCE, 11”high

Snake Goddess, from the palace at Knossos (Crete)Greece, ca. 1600 BCE, Faience, 1’ 1 ½ “ high

Young god (?) from Palaikastro (Crete), GreeceCa. 1500-1475 BCE, Ivory, gold, serpentine, and rock crystal, restored height, 1’ 71/2” high

Harvesters Vase, from Hagia TriadGreece, ca. 1500 Bce, Steatite, originally with gold leaf, greatest diameter, 5”

Corbeled gallery in the walls of the citadel, TirynsGreece, ca. 1400-1200 BCE

Three methods of spanning a passagewayA. Post and lintelB. Corbeled ArchC. Arch

Vault of the tholos of the Treasury of Atreus, MycenaeGreece, ca. 1300-1250 BCE

Funerary Mask, from Grave Circle A, Mycenae

Greece, ca. 1600-1500 BCE, Beaten gold, 1’ high

Female head, from MycenaeGreece, ca. 1300-1250 BCE. Painted plaster, 61/2 “ high

Warriors Vase, from Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1200 BCE1’ 4” high