Open Textboook: Guide to Ancient Aegean Art

Guide to Ancient Aegean Art

Ruth Ezra

Beth Harris

Steven Zucker 

 

Copyright Year: 2019

Publisher: Smarthistory

Language: English

Table of Contents

Part I. Cycladic

• 1. Male Harp Player from Keros
• 2. Frescoes from Akrotiri, Thera

Part II. Minoan

• 3. The Palace at Knossos (Crete)
• 4. Kamares Ware Jug - a classic example
• 5. Snake Goddess from the palace at Knossos
• 6. Bull's Head Rhyton from the palace at Knossos
• 7. Harvester Vase from Hagia Triada
• 8. Octopus Vase from Palaikastro
• 9. Statuette of a Male Figure (The Palaikastro Kouros)
• 10. Hagia Triada sarcophagus
• 11. Bull-leaping fresco from the palace of Knossos
• 12. Minoan woman or goddess from the palace of Knossos ("La Parisienne")

Part III. Mycenean Art

• 13. The "Palace" and Grave Circle A
• 14. Mask of Agamemnon
• 15. The Treasury of Atreus
• 16. Lion Gate, Mycenae