FAH206H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Mycenaean Greece, Plaster, Knossos
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Fresco dating is very difficult: fragments are often found in dumps or reused as fill material (mixed) Very distinct from that: floors and walls of important buildings are coated in plaster made of lime mixed with clay and colored monochrome red. Knossos was the center of artistic production throughout neopalatial era. Interesting that the other palatial centers in other palaces received little pictorial painting. Frescoes from knossos certain frescoes served as signposts marking important spaces and indicating how they were used. Woman are prominent in early procession fresco: also show that the aegean color were borrowed from egyptian art (male=red skin, woman=white. ) Landscapes draw plants, animals in natural environments without human presence landscape frescoes often extend across the walls of the room, ignoring the corners and surrounds the viewer with the idealized landscape. Many artistic hybrids and flowers that do not bloom together are depicted side by side (not following nature"s design)
