CLASSICS 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Oxhide, Bodice, Wasp Waist
17 Dec 2016
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Brown = men (got from egypt colours) U shaped interpreted by evans horn of bulls. Horn of concertation religious element to it. Wo(cid:373)e(cid:374) ha(cid:448)e (cid:271)o(cid:454) seats (cid:862)(cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) i(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:448)ersatio(cid:374)(cid:863) Highly stylized hair, colourful long skirts, exposed breasts consistent in minoan art. Ladies in blue: similar clothing, drawing attention to exposed breasts. Skirt = quilt = egyptians wore them. Faience = baked ground crystal = similar to glass. 2 sided meaning = later greek culture: tend to be symbols of underworld, symbols of fertility + prosperity. 2 themes: natural world, religious scene. Minoans live on island, relationship with the sea. Colour indicates white + brown of ox, stretched, leather shield to stiffen. Hall of the double axis of knossos. Bull charging at knossos horns down. Palace style note of vessel/frame frontal, other was different. Economic = palaces centre of great wealth, supported by outlying agricultural land.
