ART 258 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Megaron, Discharging Arch, Minoan Civilization
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Independent fortification seemed to be position of powers. Cretes was conquered by people form mainland greece. Call this culture mycenean but its misleading. 18% of greece land can be farmed, a lot of mountains, travel by land difficult. What we have is lists, property lists, transacation. Homer was writing stories of mycenaenen, this was after the greek lost their ability to write travel by sea is not unified as a nation trojan war was caused by the queen of sparta running away. 1400-1200 bce (4-15, 16, 17, 18) fortress on a hill, chosen a defensive location where thye can look out, can see the ocean, the mediterrean. Megaron is the single most important room- Different from minoans, more stiff with guardian figures, not as relaxed and dealing with nature. Mycenaens honored the dead, warriors, in a historic way, at mycenae. Wanted to connect it to the trojan war. Put a 100 ton lintel and put it up there.
