Art History (Chapter 4): Aegan Art

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Seated Harp Player (Artist)

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Unknown

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Seated Harp Player (Medium)

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Marble

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Seated Harp Player (Style)

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Cycladic

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Seated Harp Player (Location)

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Keros, Cyclades

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Palace at Knossos (Artist)

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Unknown

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Palace at Knossos (Medium)

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Mud-Brick w/ Dressed Stone, Wood Columns. It was rebuilt after earthquakes and fires

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Palace at Knossos (Style)

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Minoan

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Palace at Knossos (Location)

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Crete

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Palace at Knossos (Significance)

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Palace where Minotaur story took place, had sophisticated plumbing, probably housed both commoners and rulers

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Bull Leaping (Artist)

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Unknown

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Bull Leaping (Medium)

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Wall Painting

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Bull Leaping (Style)

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Minoan

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Bull Leaping (Location)

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Palace of Knossos

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Bull Leaping (Significance)

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Could have been a fertility ritual or the woman in the back may have been trying to catch the man

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Young Girl Gathering Saffron Crocus Flowers (Artist)

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Unknown

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Young Girl Gathering Saffron Crocus Flowers (Medium)

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Paint on Plaster Wall

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Young Girl Gathering Saffron Crocus Flowers (Style)

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Minoan

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Young Girl Gathering Saffron Crocus Flowers (Location)

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Akrotiri, Thera

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Young Girl Gathering Saffron Crocus Flowers (Significance)

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Saffron was a medicine for cramps, may have been a passage ritual to womanhood

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Octopud Flask (Artist)

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Unknown

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Octopud Flask (Medium)

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Ceramic

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Octopud Flask (Style)

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Minoan

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Octopud Flask (Location)

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Crete

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Octopud Flask (Significance)

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People celebrating their proximity to the sea

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Woman or Goddess w/Snakes (Artist)

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Unknown

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Woman or Goddess w/Snakes (Medium)

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Faience

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Woman or Goddess w/Snakes (Location)

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Palace of Knossos, Crete

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Woman or Goddess w/Snakes (Style)

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Minoan

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Woman or Goddess w/Snakes (Significance)

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Associated with regeneration, water, and protection of the home

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Citadel at Mycenae (Artist)

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Unknown

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Citadel at Mycenae (Medium)

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Drywall Cyclopean Masonry

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Citadel at Mycenae (Style)

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Helladic

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Citadel at Mycenae (Location)

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Mycenae

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Citadel at Mycenae (Significance)

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Surrounded by walls which were 25 ft thick and 30 ft high- well protected; Distinctive feature was megaron, or great room. There was an underground cistern for water and the ruler's chamber was built at the highest point

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Lion's Gate (Artist)

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Unknown

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Lion's Gate (Medium)

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Limestone Relief

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Lion's Gate (Style)

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Helladic

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Lion's Gate (Location)

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Citadel at Mycenae

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Lion's Gate (Significance)

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Lions are guarding the gate, as well as facing a capital with a column that is a stand in for a godess, so they are showing their respect to her

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Tholos Tomb (Artist)

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Unknown

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Tholos Tomb (Medium)

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Graves enclosed by circles of standing stone slabs; "beehive tombs"

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Tholos Tomb (Style)

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Helladic

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Tholos Tomb (Location)

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Mycenae, Greece

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Tholos Tomb (Significance)

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Corbelling with a capstone, done in the round, probably was once a guardian figure at the top. Used to be treasures, but nobody knows who was buried here

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Mask of Agamemnon (Artist)

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Unknown

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Mask of Agamemnon (Medium)

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Imported Gold

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Mask of Agamemnon (Style)

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Helladic

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Mask of Agamemnon (Location)

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Mycenae, Greece

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Mask of Agamemnon (Significance)

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Funerary Mask, created with repousse, may have been manipulated by the person who found it

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Vapheio Cup (Artist)

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Probably a Minoan from Crete

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Vapheio Cup (Medium)

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Gold

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Vapheio Cup (Style)

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Found in Greece but probably made by a Minoan artist- The Style is Minoan

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Vapheio Cup (Location)

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Near Sparta, Greece

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Vapheio Cup (Significance)

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Done using the repousse technique; The tree may depict a sacred grove, or may tell a story

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Decorated Dagger Blade (Artist)

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Unknown

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Decorated Dagger Blade (Medium)

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Bronze inlaid with gold, silver, niello

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Decorated Dagger Blade (Style)

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Helladic

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Decorated Dagger Blade (Location)

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Mycenae

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Decorated Dagger Blade (Significance)

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Gazelles on the blade are in the flying gallop, found in a grave shaft

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Two Women with a Child (Artist)

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Probably Minoan

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Two Women with a Child (Medium)

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Ivory

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Two Women with a Child (Style)

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Minoan (although found in Mycenae, Greece)

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Two Women with a Child (Location)

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Mycenae

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Two Women with a Child (Significance)

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Three dimensional, shows a smile on the figure; emotion, could be two women tending to a child God; shows the gentler aspects of Mycenaen art