Professor Stephanie Smith
AH 1541

ART OF THE ANCIENT AEGEAN
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CYCLADIC
MINOAN
MYCENAEAN
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CYCLADIC
Female Figure
marble, c. 2600-2400 BCE (Early Cycladic II)
height 15 3/4"
Art Institute of Chicago

 
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MINOAN
'La Parisienne' fragment of Libation Fresco
Knossos, Crete
c. 1500-1400 BCE (New-Palace Period)
fresco
Archaeological Museum, Herakleion, Greece


Palace Complex @ Knossos, Crete
c. 1550-1520 BCE (Late Minoan I)

The bottom image is an artist's impression of the palace.

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Footed Bowl with Toothed Rim in the Kamares Style
Minoan Old Palace Period, c. 2000-1900 BCE
terracotta, 54 cm
Archeological Museum, Heraklion, Greece (inv. no. 10580)
Kamares Style Beaked Vase
Minoan Old Palace Period, c. 2000-1900 BCE
terracotta, 27 cm
Archeological Museum, Heraklion, Greece (inv. no. 4390)
Kamares Style Pithos (storage jar) with Palm Trees
Minoan Old Palace Period, 2000-1900 BCE
terracotta, 57 cm
Archeological Museum, Heraklion, Greece (inv. no. 7691)
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MYCENAEAN


Mycenae, Greece
North edge of Citadel and surrounding countryside

The Megaron of the Palace ar top of the Citadel

View from South-East, dwellings S of grave circle A

Lion Gate, Mycenae
limestone, c. 1300-1200 BCE
height of lions 9' 6"
Mycenae, Greece
So-called Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece
limestone, c. 1300-1200 BCE

Citadel at Tiryns, Greece
c. 1400-1200
View into main corbelled gallery

View of West bastion and fortified entry

Painter 20
Mycenaean Sieve jug
c. 1250-1225 BCE
terracotta, 16.6 cm (height)
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (inv. no. 85.AE.145)
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