ART HIS 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Palekastro, Minoan Civilization, Knossos
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Aegean art: crete, palace at knossos (cont. , (cid:862)thro(cid:374)e roo(cid:373)(cid:863, a reconstruction of what it possibly looked like, a fa(cid:374)(cid:272)y (cid:862)thro(cid:374)e(cid:863) i(cid:374) the (cid:373)iddle, there is a fresco behind the throne. It is once again in the earthy colors: has fish-like creatures, like dolphins, marine style octopus jars, palaikastro, crete, greece, ca. Island thera was destroyed by an eruption in ca. 1628 bc: the people of this island seem to be related to minoans, spring fresco, akrotiri, thera, greece, ca. 1600 1500 bc: h (cid:1011)" (cid:1010)(cid:863, like other frescos from crete, same fantastical landscapes, crazy hills, at some time, mainland greece people conquer crete, the palaces are destroyed, they inhabit crete, mycenaean culture, ca. Quiet cup: much less violence, a man is tying up a patient bull, the bulls are more pacifist and domestic, palace citadel, mycenae, greece, ca. One of the figures is performing a gesture.
