HON 1520 Lecture 1: Cycladic Art 2500
14 Mar 2017
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Art of a group of islands (archipelago) in the mediterranean off the coast of greece: literally called a cycle of islands between crete and greece. Art is not created by civilization or urban culture: they have to import food and fish, so they are seafarers. Myth: theseus and minotaur: king minos, his wife sleeps with a bull, and births the minotaur, the labyrinth is built to imprison the minotaur, athenians must send 24 children to minotaur, so theseus uses thread from. Ariadne to get in and out of the labyrinth and defeat the minotaur: labyris= double headed ax made of gold. Excavations: schlebon finds mycenae and troy, arthur evans claims to find the labyrinth, as well as knossos, which he ruins in excavation and rebuild. Bull is a symbol of power, and the myth comes a live. Knossos, phaistos palaces, mallia- court and site of bullfights.
