Minos and the Heroes of Homer: The Art of the Prehistoric Aegean.

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Minos and the Heroes of Homer: The Art of the Prehistoric Aegean

The Prehistoric Aegean

Homer The Iliad

Heinrich Schliemann

Troy Mycenae

The prehistoric Aegean is divided into three geographic areas: Cycladic Islands (so called because they circle around Delos) Cycladic Art Early, Middle, Late Crete Minoan Art Early, Middle, Late The Greek Mainland Helladic Art Early, Middle, Late (Mycenaean)

Cycladic Art

Cycladic Figurine of a Woman Syros, Greece BC Marble 1’ 6” high

Cycladic Male Lyre Player Keros, Greece BC Marble 9” high

Minoan Art (Crete)

The Palace at Knossos, Crete, BC

Plan of the Palace at Knossos, Crete, BC

Stairwell in the Residential Quarter of the Palace at Knossos Knossos, Crete BC

Stairwell in the Residential Quarter of the Palace at Knossos Knossos, Crete BC

Bull-leaping The Palace of Knossos, Crete BC, 2’ 8” high

Bull-leaping (detail)

Griffin Fresco in the “Throne Room” at Knossos

Boxing Fresco at Knossos

Miniature Ships Fresco From Room 5, West House, Akrotiri, Thera (Cycladic Islands) 1650 BC 1’ 5” high

Miniature Ships Fresco from Room 5, West House, Akrotiri, Thera (Cycladic Islands) 1650 BC 1’ 5” high

Spring Fresco Akrotiri, Thera (Cycladic Islands) 1650 BC, 7’ 6” high

Spring Fresco Akrotiri, Thera (Cycladic Islands) 1650 BC, 7’ 6” high

Kamares ware

Kamares Ware (Jar) From Phaistos, Crete ’ 8” high

Minoan Vase in the Kamares Style from Phaestos 1800 BCE

Kamares Ware from the Palace at Phaestos 1800 BCE

Minoan Krater with Plastic Decoration 1800 BCE

Minoan Krater with Applied Floral Decoration 1800 BCE

Minoan Jar in the Marine Style “Octopus Jar” Palaikastro, Crete ” high

Minoan Vase in the Marine Style Crete 1500 BC

Harvester Vase Hagia Triada, Crete 1500 BC Steatite Greatest 5”

Snake Goddess Palace at Knossos 1600 BC 1’ 1 1/2” high

Helladic Art

"The Greeks appear apt to regard with greater wonder foreign sights than sights at home. For whereas distinguished historians have described the Egyptian pyramids with the minutest detail, they have not made even the briefest mention of the treasury of Minyas and the walls of Tiryns, though these are no less marvellous." [Pausanias, Description of Greece ]

Citadel of Tiryns Greece BC

Citadel of Tiryns Greece BC

Citadel of Tiryns Greece BC

Citadel of Tiryns Greece BC

Corbeled passageway in the walls of the citadel at Tiryns

Three methods of spanning a passageway: a.post and lintel b. corbeled arch c.arch

Aerial View of Mycenae, Greece

Mycenae, Greece BC

Cyclopian Walls at the Lion’s Gate to Mycenae

Lion Gate Mycenae, Greece, BC Limestone, relief 9’ 6” high

Lion Gate Mycenae, Greece, BC Limestone, relief 9’ 6” high

Back of Lion Gate Mycenae, Greece, BC Limestone, relief 9’ 6” high

Treasury of Atreus Mycenae, Greece BC

Vault of the Tholos of the Treasury of Atreus Mycenae, Greece ’ high

Funerary Mask from Grave Circle A Mycenae, Greece BC Beaten 1’ high

Repousse’ Technique

Warrior Vase Mycenae, Greece ’ 4” high

Mycenaean Pottery 14 th to 13 th Centuries BCE