ART 155 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Minoan Snake Goddess Figurines, Ashlar, Knossos
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Corbelled arch: stacked to a upside down v, held by tension. Linear b: linear b is a syllabic script that was used for writing mycenaean greek, the earliest attested form of greek. Minoan (crete): southern culture, becomes good trade area, aegean bronze age, Fresco: means fresh, painting in a wall, paint in the plaster. Tholos tomb: beehive dome, false dome shape (round space) Hellas / helladic: bronze age of the cyclades is known as cycladic, that of the mainland as. Helladic, from hellas, the greek name for greece. Cycladic, figurine of a woman, from syros (cyclades): 2500-2300, marble. Cycladic, seated musician, from keros (cyclades): 2700-2500 of men, marble. Minoan, palace at knossos (crete): no walls, well preserved, large courtyard with buildings and extensions, permeable structure. Minoan, snake goddess, from knossos (crete): 1600, faience, woman holding snakes. Mycenaean, citadel of mycenae, gate: image above (lionesses), functionally post and lintel at bottom and corbelled at top.
