SURVEY OF WESTERN ART HISTORY The Aegean - Terminology Cycladic Civilization (c. 3000-1200 BC) Minoan Civilization (c. 3000-1500 BC) Mycenaean Civilization (c. 1600-1200 BC) Sir Arthur Evans (1851-1941) Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890) Aegean Sea buon (true) fresco Cyclades fresco secco Crete labyrinth Minos grave circle Knossos Linear A, Linear B Mycenae terracotta Thera megaron Troy corbelling Legend of Agamemnon tholos Homer’s Illiad, 8th century BC dromos Trojan War 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 Lion Gate, Mycenae Mycenaean, 13th century limestone Façade and dromos of the Treasury of Ateus, Mycenae Mycenaean, 13th century BCE 7 Interior of a tholos tomb, Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae Mycenaean, 13th century, BCE Aerial view of Grave Circle A, Mycenae 8 “Mask of Agamemnon,” from Mycenae Mycenean, c. 1500 BCE gold repoussé Lion Gate, Mycenae Mycenaean, 13th century limestone Minoan and Mycenaean cups from Vapheio, near Sparta c. 16th century BCE Gold repoussé 9.