Knossos

Around the world, artists use nature and the world around them to create beautiful pieces of art like paintings and pictures. These painters mimic the details they see in the world around them, then they manipulate them to make them more beautiful, perfect, and fitting than they ever were. Similarly, Homer used the Trojan war to make The Iliad. Around 800 B.C., Homer wrote The Iliad. The Iliad contains distinct details that show that some outside inspiration was used. Homer’s inspiration for the…

My inspiration for my art piece was “Minoan Queens”, better know as the “Ladies in Blue. “Ladies in Blue” is a Minoan fresco painting that was discovered in fragments during the excavation of the Palace of Knossos in Crete, Greece. To be more specific, it was Buon fresco, or “true fresco”. It was 61½ inches by 40 inches and it is thought to have been created around 1525-1450 B.C. As we have learned in class, this Cretan palace was full of murals and fresco paintings. Like many Minoan paintings,…

delicately crafted gold comb. She could smell the fresh morning dew on the flowers outside. How could such a beautiful day be the end of an entire civilization? She looked out of her window to the beautiful island of Crete. She could hear the city of Knossos waking up and the faint voices of the townspeople brought joy to her ears. Unlike most rulers of her time, Princess Ebony was a kind and good-hearted girl who cared for the people of Crete. Ebony was one of the few female scholars in…

Columns (or posts) are large, cylindrical pillars of stone mainly created to support beams or arches. Ancient Egyptian architecture made use of stone columns whose surface was carved to reflect the organic form of bundled reeds; in later Egyptian architecture faceted cylinders were also common. Columns in the ancient Mesopotamian region were in turn inspired by their palm trees, as it was a very fertile land. The columns were created for structural support. Columns are frequently used to support…

Minoans were the first European civilization, they existed on crete which is now a part of Greece now. The Minoans have an important place in world history, as building the first civilization to appear on soil. The Minoans are famous for the palace Knossos, which was built around a central courtyard. The Minoans were named by Sir Arthur Evans, he got their name from King Minos. Most of the Minoans lived in small villages and made their living from farming. They grew wheat, barley, grapes, and…

tales of a creature with the body of a man and the head of a bull to Sir Arthur Evans, who started to unravel the secrets behind the mythical Minoans around te turn of the twentieth century. With the unearthing of huge palaces, roads and temples in Knossos, and other parts of Crete in subsequent years, came the idea that the Minoans might have been the cradle of European civilization. Their socio-political structure that formed the basis for bureaucracy in the rest of Europe and the trade…

The Minoan civilization, the second phase of the Bronze Age, occupied the island of Crete and lasted from 3000-1100 BC. It was named after King Minos of Knossos who was legendary. They were considered as the advanced civilization of Europe. They were compiled of non-Indo-European people who resided on the island of Crete with the sea as the essence of their economy and power. They were of a great influence…

Like Ancient Egyptian art, the Ancient Aegean world commonly depicted men using a dark red paint, and women with a pale paint. A prolific example of this art style is the Bull-leaping motif (c. 1550 – 1450 BCE) found in the archeological site of Knossos. The painting shows a man leaping over a large bull that’s seemingly lunging itself. There are three human figures shown in the painting, two women who possess a nearly white skin tone, and a man who possess a much darker skin tone. An example of…

beginning of Christianity and was significant factor for the early disciples. The first written languages were found on mud tablets and situated in Minoan Knossos Palace on the island of Crete. This is important to note, because observation is noted in that the Minoans and Mycenaean’s had an impact on the Greek language. The mud tablets found in the Knossos Palace had language consisting of Linear A perspectives. It is worth noting that the ancient history of Greece provides an understanding of…

Throughout the Bronze Age, the cultures of the Aegean civilizations showed influences in trade, religion and economic administration. The iconography of these civilizations not only revealed their culture but also how they functioned throughout Greece. Weapons and animal representations like bulls and griffins, are all characteristic of Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations. But the settings in which they are presented offer deeper implications into their values and identity. Excavated frescos,…