SURVEY OF WESTERN ART HISTORY The Aegean - Terminology Cycladic Civilization (c. 3000-1200 BC) (c. 3000-1500 BC) Mycenaean Civilization (c. 1600-1200 BC)

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Aegean Sea buon (true) fresco Cyclades fresco secco labyrinth Minos grave circle , terracotta Thera megaron corbelling Legend of tholos ’s Illiad, 8th century BC dromos repoussé

Female Cycladic idol figures, from Amorgos (left) Cycladic, c. 2700-2300 BCE Marble, 4 ft

1 Male Cycladic flute player, from Keros Cycladic, c. 2700-2300 BCE Marble, 4 ft

Palace of Minos at Knossos, Crete Minoan, 1600-1400 BCE

Plan of the palace of Minos, Knossos, Crete Minoan, 1600-1400 BCE Area approx. 4 acres

2 Toreador Fresco, from Knossos, Crete Minoan, c. 1500 BCE Reconstructed fresco

The queen’s megaron, palace of Minos, Knossos, Crete Minoan, c. 1600-1400 BCE

View of the “throne room,” palace of Minos, Knossos, Crete, with restored fresco depicting griffins Minoan, c. 1600-1400 BCE

3 Snake Goddess, from Knossos, Crete Minoan, c. 1600 BCE faience

Harvester Vase, from Hagia Triada, Crete Minoan, c. 1650-1450 BCE serpentine

Spouted jar, Crete Minoan, c. 1800 BCE Kamares ware

4 Octopus Vase, from Palaikestro, Crete Minoan, c. 1500 BCE

Ship Fresco, from Akrotiri, Thera Minoan, c. 1650-1500 BCE

Boxing Children, from Akrotiri, Thera Minoan, 1650-1500 BCE Fresco

5 Crocus Gatherer, from Thera Minoan, pre-1500 BCE fresco

Reconstruction and plan of a Mycenaean megaron

“Goddess,” from the citadel of Mycenae Mycenaean, c. 1200 BCE fresco

6 , Mycenae Mycenaean, 13th century limestone

Façade and dromos of the Treasury of Ateus, Mycenae Mycenaean, 13th century BCE

7 Interior of a tholos tomb, , Mycenae Mycenaean, 13th century, BCE

Aerial view of Grave Circle A, Mycenae

8 “ of Agamemnon,” from Mycenae Mycenean, c. 1500 BCE gold repoussé

Lion Gate, Mycenae Mycenaean, 13th century limestone

Minoan and Mycenaean cups from Vapheio, near c. 16th century BCE Gold repoussé

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