Art of the Prehistoric Aegean

I Cycladic Art (c. 2500 BCE)

II Minoan Art (c. 1700 BCE)

III Mycenaean Art (c. 1500 BCE)

Figurine of a woman, from Syros (Cyclades), Greece, ca. 2500–2300 BCE. Marble, approx. 1’ 6” high

I. Cycladic Art

II. Minoan Art (c. 1700 BCE)

Olaf Tausch

Sarcophagus from Hagia Triada (Crete), Greece, ca. 1450-1400 BCE, Painted limestone, 4’ 6” long

Palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1700–1400 BCE

Bull Leapers, Fresco from the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1450–1400 BCEFresco

Flotilla, from Room 5, West House, Akrotiri, Thera (Cyclades), Greece, ca. 1650 BCE. Fresco, approx. 1’ 5” high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.

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Spring Fresco, from Room Delta 2, Akrotiri, Thera (Cyclades), Greece, ca. 1650 BCE

Octopus Jar, Greece, ca. 1500 BCE. Approx.

11” high

Harvester Vase, Crete, Greece, ca. 1500 BCE. Greatest diameter approx. 5”.

Snake Goddess, from palace at Knossos

(Crete), Greece,Ca. 1600 BCE. Faience, approx. 1’ 1 1/2” high.

Archaeological Museum, Herakleion.

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III. Mycenaean Art (c. 1500 BCE)

Sharon Mollerus

Female head, from Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300-1250 BCE.

Painted plaster, approx. 6 ½” h

Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300–1250 BCE. Limestone, relief panel approx. 9’ 6” high.

Lion Gate, Mycenae

post-and-lintel

corbel vault

Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300–1250 BCE.

Vault of the tholos of the Treasury of Atreus,

Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300–1250 BCE. Approx. 43’ high.

Funerary mask, from Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1600–1500 BCE. Beaten gold, approx. 1’ high

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Warrior Vase, from Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1200 BCE