The Aegean Sea Bronze Age
Vocabulary• Megaron• Labyrinth• Ashlar masonry• Buon fresco• Faience• Relieving triangle • Corbelled arch• Krater• Atrium
• Arthur Evans• Heinrich Schliemann• Homer/Iliad and
Odyssey• King Minos• Aegean Sea• Cycladic Islands• Mycenae• Knosos, Crete
•Cycladic Islands-southeast of Greece
•Mycenaeans-Mycenae on Greek mainland
•Flourished between 1600-1100 BCE
•Minoans-Island of Crete
•Flourished between 2000-1500 BCE
•Heinrich Schliemann-1870s excavations of Mycenae
•Sir Arthur Evans-excavations of Crete 1899-1932
The Aegean Bronze Age
Cycladic, Folded Arm Figures,
2500-2200 BCE
Cycladic, Lyre Player, 2700-2500 BCE
Minoan Art
•Present on the island of Crete, south of Mainland Greece since around 3000 BCE
•Dominated the Aegean during the first half of the 2nd millennium-approximately 2000-1500 BCE
•Minos
•Arthur Evans
Minoan, The Palace at Knossos, Crete, 1700-1450 BCE
•26,000 square yards
•Megaron•Labyrinth
Plan of the Palace at Knossos
Labrys, from the island of Crete
Interior view of the atrium at the Palace at Knossos
•Ashlar masonry•Atrium
Minoan, Bull Leaping, Palace of Knossos, 1550-1450 BCE
Buon Fresco Fresco Secco
Minoan, Throne room from Palace at Knossos, late 15th century BCE
Hagia Triada Sarcophagus, 1450-1400 BCE
La Parisienne, Ca. 1400 BCE
Minoan, Snake Goddess, 1700-1550 BCE
•Faience•Flounce
Mycenaean Art•Mycenaeans arrived in Greece at an unknown time from an unknown location
•Flourished and dominated the Aegean during the second half of the 2nd millennium-approximately 1500-1200 BCE
•Discovered by Heinrich Schliemann
•Mycenaeans highly influenced Minoan Culture including inhabiting the island
•Period and region involved with the legendary Trojan War
Mycenaean, Lions’ Gate,
Ca. 1250 BCE
•Relieving triangle
•Corbelled arch
•Cyclopean Masonry
Mycenae, Grave Circle A
Mycenaean, Tholos, “Treasury of Atreus,” ca. 1300-1200 BCE
• Tholos
Interior detail, Treasury of Atreus
Corbelled Vault
Repoussé
Mycenae, Funerary Mask (Mask of Agamemnon)from Grave Circle A, 1600-1550 BCE
Mycenaean, Vapheio Cup, ca. 1650-1450 BCE
Minoan, Octopus flask, 1500-1400 BCE
Mycenaean, Octopus
Stirrup Jar, ca. 1200 BCE
Warrior Vase, 1400-1200 BCE
Krater
Harvester Vase, 1650-1450 BCE
Dagger Blade, 1550-1500 BCE