Aegean Art
Cycladic Culturec. 3000 - 1200 BCE
Minoan Culturec. 3000 - 1100 BCE
Helladic (Mycenaean) Culturec. 1600 - 1100 BCE
Cycladic
Two Figures of Women
c. 2500 - 2200 BCEMarble, 13” and 25”
Figure of a Woman
c. 2500 - 2200 BCEMarble, approx 18”
Cycladic
Seated Harp Players c. 2800 - 2700 BCE Marble, approx 11.5”
Male Flute Player c. 2700 - 2300 BCE Marble
Minoan Culture3000 - 1375 BCE
Minoan
Palace complex, Knossos c. 1700 - 1450 BCE
Minoan
Aerial view of Palace complex at Knossos
Minoan
Inverted columns from court staircase
c. 1700 BCE(reconstructed c. 1900 CE)
Minoan
DolphinFrescoin Queen’s Megaron,Palace ofKnossos
Minoan
Dolphin Fresco
Minoan
Bull Leaping Fresco wall painting with restorationsKnossos, c. 1550-1450 Height approx. 24.5”
Minoan
Bull Leaping - diagram
Minoan
Gold signet ring with Bull Leaping theme
Minoan
Landscape (Spring Fresco)
Wall painting with reconstructions,before 1630 BCE
Minoan
Kamares Ware jug
c. 2000 - 1900 BCEceramic, height 10.5”
Minoan
Kamares Ware vessel with Fish
ceramic, c. 2000 - 1900 BCEheight approx. 12”
Minoan
Octopus Flask
c. 1500 - 1450 BCEMarine style ceramicheight 11”
Minoan
Ship Fresco (left section)
from Akrotiri, Therac. 1650 - 1500 BCE, 15.75” height
Minoan
Woman or Goddess with Snakes
c. 1700-1550 BCEFaience, height 11.875”
Mycenaean Culture: 1600 - 1000 BCE
Mycenaean
Citadel of Mycenae - inhabited c. 1600 - 1200 BCE
Mycenaean
Citadel of Mycenae - inhabited c. 1600 - 1200 BCE
Mycenaen
Lion Gate, Mycenaec. 1250 BCE
Limestone relief,height of sculptureapprox. 9’6”
Mycenaean
Corbel-vaulted casemate inside ring wall at Citadel of Tirynsc. 1365 BCE
Mycenaean
Grave circle - Citadel at Mycenae
Mycenaean
Entrance to Tholos, the “Treasury of Atreus” beehive tombc. 1300 - 1200 BCE
Mycenaean
Corbeled vault, interior “Treasury of Atreus”c. 1300 - 1200 BCEheight of vault approx. 43’, diameter 47.5’
Largest uninterrupted interior space in Europe until the Pantheon in Rome, built 1st century BCE
Mycenaean
“Treasury of Atreus”
Mycenaean
Diagram - “Treasury of Atreus”
Mycenaen
“Mask of Agamemnon”
Funerary mask from Grave Circle A, Mycenaec. 1600 - 1550 BCEgold, approx. 12”
Mycenean
Tiara, Earrings - from royal tombs, Mycenae
Minoan/ (Mycenaean?)
Vapheio Cups c. 1650-1450 BCE Gold, height 3.5”
Mycenaean
Dagger blade with lion hunt from Grave Circle A, Mycenae c. 1550-1500 BCE Bronze inlaid with gold silver and niello. Length 9.375”
Ceremonial dagger blades