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Exploring Prehistoric Aegean Art: Minoan and Cycladic Cultures (2500-1200 BCE)

This chapter dives into Prehistoric Aegean art from 2500-1200 BCE, focusing on the Cycladic Islands and the Minoan civilization of Crete. It highlights significant themes such as human figures, nature, and funerary offerings. Artistic forms include formal conventions in post-and-lintel masonry and intricate palatial architecture like the labyrinthine layout of Knossos. The chapter features important artifacts, including the Snake Goddess figurine and frescoes depicting bull-leaping, emphasizing the rich cultural and ritualistic heritage of the Aegean peoples described in Homer's Iliad.

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Exploring Prehistoric Aegean Art: Minoan and Cycladic Cultures (2500-1200 BCE)

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  1. Greece Aegean,Minoan Gardner's Art through the Ages, Concise Edition by Fred Kleiner Chapter Two Part 1 Prepared by Kelly Donahue-Wallace Randal Wallace University of North Texas

  2. PrehistoricAegean Art Dates and Places: 2500-1200BCE Cyclades Islands, Crete, Peloponnesos People: Kings, priests, warriors Described in Homer’s Iliad Snake Goddess, ca. 1600BCE. Fig. 2-8.

  3. Prehistoric Aegean Art Themes: Human figures Nature Funerary offerings Palaces and citadels Forms: Formal conventions vary Post-and-lintel and masonry construction Stairwell in the residential quarter at the palace at Knossos, ca. 1700-1400BCE. Fig. 2-4

  4. Prehistoric Aegean: Cycladic Dates and Places: 2500-1700BCE Cyclades Islands People: Little known Example: Schematic figures Painted funerary offerings Figurine of a woman, ca. 2500-2300BCE. Fig. 2-2.

  5. Prehistoric Aegean: Minoan Dates and Places: 1700-1200BCE Island of Crete People: Palace builders Prosperous Rituals involving animals Octopus jar, ca. 1500BCE. Fig. 2-7.

  6. Prehistoric Aegean: Minoan Aerial view of the palace at Knossos, ca. 1700-1400BCE. Fig. 2-3.

  7. Prehistoric Aegean: Minoan Example: Labyrinthine yet open palace plan Light and air wells Open courtyard Wood columns with bulbous capitals Administrative, commercial and religious center Aerial view of the palace at Knossos, ca. 1700-1400BCE. Fig. 2-3.

  8. Prehistoric Aegean: Minoan Bull-leaping from the palace at Knossos, ca. 1450-1400BCE. Fig. 2-4.

  9. Prehistoric Aegean: Minoan Example: Palace fresco paintings of people and nature Conventional representations by gender Minoan figures slender and animated Bull-leaping from the palace at Knossos, ca. 1450-1400BCE. Fig. 2-4.

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