Aegean Art Cycladic Culture c BCE Minoan Culture c BCE Helladic (Mycenaean) Culture c BCE
Cycladic Two Figures of Women c BCE Marble, 13” and 25” Figure of a Woman c BCE Marble, approx 18”
Cycladic Seated Harp Players c BCE Marble, approx 11.5” Male Flute Player c BCE Marble
Minoan Culture BCE
Minoan Palace complex, Knossos c BCE
Minoan Aerial view of Palace complex at Knossos
Minoan Inverted columns from court staircase c BCE (reconstructed c CE)
Minoan Throne Room - palace of Knossos
Minoan Throne Room reconstruction
Minoan Dolphin Fresco in Queen’s Megaron, Palace of Knossos
Minoan Dolphin Fresco
Minoan Bull Leaping Fresco wall painting with restorations Knossos, c Height approx. 24.5”
Minoan Bull Leaping - diagram
Minoan Gold signet ring with Bull Leaping theme
Minoan Landscape (Spring Fresco) Wall painting with reconstructions, before 1630 BCE
Minoan Kamares Ware jug c BCE ceramic, height 10.5”
Minoan Kamares Ware vessel with Fish ceramic, c BCE height approx. 12”
Minoan Octopus Flask c BCE Marine style ceramic height 11”
Minoan Ship Fresco (left section) from Akrotiri, Thera c BCE, 15.75” height
Minoan Woman or Goddess with Snakes c BCE Faience, height ”
Mycenaean Culture: BCE
Mycenaean Citadel of Mycenae - inhabited c BCE
Mycenaean Citadel of Mycenae - inhabited c BCE
Mycenaen Lion Gate, Mycenae c BCE Limestone relief, height of sculpture approx. 9’6”
Mycenaean Corbel-vaulted casemate inside ring wall at Citadel of Tiryns c BCE
Mycenaean Grave circle - Citadel at Mycenae
Mycenaean Entrance to Tholos, the “Treasury of Atreus” beehive tomb c BCE
Mycenaean Corbeled vault, interior “Treasury of Atreus” c BCE height of vault approx. 43’, diameter 47.5’ Largest uninterrupted interior space in Europe until the Pantheon in Rome, built 1st century BCE
Mycenaean “Treasury of Atreus”
Mycenaean Diagram - “Treasury of Atreus”
Mycenaen “Mask of Agamemnon” Funerary mask from Grave Circle A, Mycenae c BCE gold, approx. 12”
Mycenean Tiara, Earrings - from royal tombs, Mycenae
Minoan/ (Mycenaean?) Vapheio Cups c BCE Gold, height 3.5”
Mycenaean Dagger blade with lion hunt from Grave Circle A, Mycenae c BCE Bronze inlaid with gold silver and niello. Length 9.375” Ceremonial dagger blades