AP Unit Sheet #4 ‐ Chapter 4: Aegean Art Ms. Cook

Works of Art Name Type of Art Materials/technique Cycladic: 4‐2 & 4‐3: of a woman, Male harp player Minoan: 4‐4 to 4‐6: Palace of Architecture stone/post and lintel 4‐8: Bull‐leaping, from the palace, Knossos Painting 4‐9: Spring Fresco, Akrotiri Painting fresco 4‐10 & 4.11: Kamares /Octopus vase Sculpture ceramic 4‐12: Snake Goddess Sculpture ceramic/faience 4‐14: Harvester Vase Sculpture steatite Mycenaean: 4‐16: Corbel‐vaulted galley, Architecture corbel‐vault 4‐19: Architecture megalithic stones 4‐20: Architecture corbelling/stone 4‐22: Funerary mask Sculpture gold repoussé 4‐26: Warrior Vase Sculpture ceramic bowl

Aegean Periods of Art: location: architecture: date:

Cycladic Cycladic Islands various burial mounds c. 2500BCE Minoan Island of Palace of Knossos c. 1500BCE Mycenaean mainland Greece Citadel at c. 1200BCE

Context: ‐ Trading: earlier Minoan culture (Crete) is open, non‐military, palace architecture, trading olive oil, wine ‐ Disaster: around 1450 (maybe earlier) earthquake (and tsunami) weaken Minoan cities ‐ Mercenaries: Mycenae mercenaries made stops in Crete to and from Egypt to help quell the Hyskos

 Vocabulary – Technique Painting: fresco buon ‐ painting on wet profile view Pottery: pattern decoration terms: motifs (spirals & pin‐) ‐negative/positive shape ‐organic/geometric design Undulating rhythm/abstract curvilinear design Sculpture: repousse chryselephantine figurine faience Architecture: Minoan: labyrinthine (labyrinth‐like) inverted tapered column abucus Mycenaean: cyclopean citadel courses (of stone) Tholos tomb/ corbelling dromos megaron

Ideas/Concepts 1. Know the basic differences between the cultures of Crete (Minoan) and mainland Greece Mycenaean 2. Contrast Minoan and Mycenaean architecture (i.e. Palace of Knossos and the Citadel of Mycenaea.) 3. Why did the Mycenaean culture appropriate Minoan artifacts/images? 4. What is the role of women in religion/as goddess in Minoan culture? 5. How is abstraction/stylization used in and Karmares pottery? 6. What accounts for the difference in appearance (and content) of Minoan art (esp. ) in contrast to other ancient cultures (esp. the Egyptians)?