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Name: Cycladic Figurine
Period/Style: Cycladic/Aegean Date: 2500 BCE Artist: unknown Patron: unknown Location: Cyclades Islands Medium: stone (marble) Techniques: sculpture Function: used to entertain/help afterlife Context: small settlements, prehistoric Descriptive Terms: geometric shapes used, marble abundance, abstract |
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Name: Palace of Knossos
Period/Style: Minoan/Aegean Date: 1500 BCE Artist: unknown Patron: unknown Location: Crete Medium: stone Techniques: post-lintel, megaron Function: palace of King Minos Context: monarchy, settlement, emergence of "the first Great Western civilization" Descriptive Terms: "a rambling structure", complex in elevation, illumination, ventilation, drainage, columns |
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Name: Toreador Fresco (bull-leaping)
Period/Style: Minoan/Aegean Date: 1500 BCE Artist: unknown Patron: unknown Location: Island of Crete Medium: fresco Techniques: Function: for ceremonial scenes Context: monarchy, settlement Descriptive Terms: women light, men darker, |
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Name: Kamares Pottery
Period/Style: Minoan/ Aegean Date: 1500 BCE Artist: unknown Patron: unknown Location: Island of Crete Medium: Techniques: ceramic Function: vase Context: Crete had love for nature Descriptive Terms: spherical, cartoon-like, nature depiction |
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Name: Snake Goddess
Period/Style: Minoan/ Aegean Date: 1500 BCE Artist: unknown Patron: unknown Location: island of Crete Medium: opaque Techniques: ceramic, Faience Function: display a goddess Context: polytheism, no trace of temples or monumental statues Descriptive Terms: holding snakes, feline on head, breast exposed |
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Name: Young god from Palaikastro
Period/Style: Minoan/Aegean Date: 1500 BCE Artist: unknown Patron: unknown Location: Islands of Crete Medium: chryselephantine Techniques: sculpture Function: represent a young god (?) Context: polytheism, monarchy Descriptive Terms: disband, made of minerals found in Egypt, distinct Minoan style |
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Name: Citadel of Tiryns
Period/Style: Mycenaean/Aegean Date: 1200 BCE Artist: Unknown Patron: Unknown Location: Tiryns, Greece Material: stone Technique: corbelling Function: protection Context: warring lands, abundant use of gold Descriptive Terms: cyclopedia masonry |
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Name: Lion Gate
Period/Style: Mycenaean/Aegean Date: 1250BCE Artist: Unknown Patron: Unknown Location: Mycenae, Greece Material: Limestone (megaliths) Technique: corbelling Function: entrance and protection Context: warring lands Descriptive Terms: megalithic stones, cyclopean structure |
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Name: Treasury of Atreus
Period/Style: Mycenaean/ Aegean Date: 1250 BCE Artist: Unknown Patron: Unknown Location: Mycenae, Greece Material: earth material and stone Technique: corbeling Function: treasury Context: Descriptive Terms: tholos, corbeling, stone |
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Name: Warrior Vase
Period/Style: Mycenaean/ Aegean Date: 1200 BCD Artist: Unknown Patron: Unknown Location: Mycenae, Greece Material: Clay Technique: ceramics, pottery Function: mixing bowl Context: time of warfare Descriptive Terms: krater, vase painting |
