AEGEAN ART

The Cyclades (c. 2500-2000 b.c.)

Figurine of a woman, from Syros (Cyclades),
ca. 25002300 bce. 40 cm. Marble,
National Archaeological Museum, Athens.

The Cyclades (c. 2500-2000 b.c.)

Female Cycladic idol, from Amorgos, 27002300 b.c.
Marble, 1.49 m. high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens

Male lyre player (Harpist), from Keros

(Cyclades), ca. 27002500 bce.
Marble, 21.5 cm. National
archaeological Museum, Athens.

Minoan Civilization (c. 30001100 b.c.)

The palace of Knossos

Palace of Knossos
Wall Paintings (Minoan Frescoes)

Palace of Knossos
The throne room and Queen's megaron

Ladies in Blue and Prince of the Lilies frescoes

Palace of Knossos (ca. 15251450 B.C.)

Toreador Fresco (The Leaping Bull Fresco), Knossos, c. 1500 b.c.

Reconstructed fresco, 81.3 cm).high. Archaeological Museum, Herakleion, Crete

Ship Fresco, from Akrotiri, Thera, c. 16501500 b.c. 40 cm. high.

National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece.

Boxing Children, from Akrotiri, Thera, c. 16501500 b.c.

Fresco, 2.74 x 0.94 m. high.
National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece.

Snake Goddess, from Knossos,

c. 1600 b.c. Faence, 34.3 cm. high.
Archaeological Museum, Herakleion, Crete

Minoan pottery: Marine Style octopus jar, from Palaikastro (Crete),

ca. 1500 bce. 27.9 cm. high. Archaeological Museum, Herakleion, Crete

Harvesters Vase, from Hagia Triada

(Crete), ca. 1500 bce. Height: 0,465 m.
Steatite, originally with gold leaf.
Archaeological Museum,Herakleion.

Mycenaean Civilization (c. 16001100 b.c.)

The Citadel at Mycenae

Lion Gate, Mycenae, 13th century b.c. Limestone approx. 2.9 m. high

The Palace of Tiryns: the megaron

The major feature of the palace was a rectangular structure called the megaron (large room in Greek).
One entered the megaron through a front porch supported by two columns and continued through an
antechamber into the throne room, in which four columns surrounded a circular hearth.

Palace of Nestor, megaron, Pilos, ca. 1300 B.C.

Goddess, from the citadel of Mycenae

Fresco, c. 1200 b.c.
National Archaeological Museum, Athens.

Metalwork,
Funerary mask (Mask of Agamemnon), from Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece,
ca. 16001500 bce. Beaten gold, 30.5 cm. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.

Minoan and Mycenaean cups from Vapheio, near Sparta, c. 16th century B.C.
Gold, 8.9 cm. high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece.

Background readings

Metropolitan Museum of Arts Timeline of Art History :

Early Cycladic Art and Culture

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/ecyc/hd_ecyc.htm

Minoan Crete
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/mino/hd_mino.htm

Mycenaean Civilization
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/myce/hd_myce.htm