01:082:105 Lecture 2: INTRO TO ART HISTORY - KENFIELD AEGEAN ART OF THE BRONZE AGE
6 Jan 2017
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Background: aegean sea - between greece and asia minor. During the early-mid bronze age, the people of the aegean did not speak. Refugees from arrival of grecians fled to crete and made a new culture. Late middle minoan lentoid flask, 1500 bc: eastern tip of crete, aspects of naturalistic style: decorated with marine fauna (octopus and sea urchins), realistic features (e. g. tentacles, suction cups) Octopus placed diagonally, emphasizing turning effect: influence of contemporary wall paintings. Harvesters vase, rhyton, in shape of an ostrich egg, 1500 bc: rhyton - sacrificial vessel, used for sanctifying liquids, religious purposes, discovered at hagia triada, which translates to holy trinity , small but has monumental feel. Laborers with pitchforks marching along, pitchforks oriented diagonally to emphasize movement like the octopus. Looks like they"re walking away from the viewer; occupies. Laborers in rows are all the same size, no perspective; however, overlapping forms suggest 3d.
