CLASS254 Lecture 7: Class 4 pt. 3
21 Nov 2016
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Iconographies of power: knossos, throne room: the throne is made of marble: later addition to the palace, adorned with wall paintings, small space: a basin is in an adjacent area. Iconographies of power: seals: the animals on the sides of the central figure in these seal stones may point to symbolic meanings. It monumentalizes the individual in the centre, just as in the throne room: labrys, the double axe, horns of consecration. Palace architecture: knossos so-called queen"s megaron: these complexes have been deemed gendered spaces by the excavator of knossos: arthur evans, evans lived in victorian england. He subconsciously compared his" palace with that of british royalty. Dolphin fresco,queen"s megaron, knossos: this wall painting has been wrongly restored. It was originally a floor painting on a second floor level: technique: true fresco. Painted on wet lime plaster: the cretan craft of painting fresco"s was well-known; cretan paintings have been found in egypt.
