Chapter 4 Flashcards
Aegean Context
International trade
Mix of culture
Use of bronze
Aegean time period
3000-1000 BCE
Cycladic time period
3000-2000 BCE
Three parts of Aegan time period
Cycladic, Minoan, and Mycenaean
Harp Player
Cycladic
Aegean
Unknown purpose
meant to stand on it’s own
Figure of a woman
Cycladic Aegean All statues like this are similar Not meant to stand Found resting on grave Found propped against walls Left arm always above right
Minoan an context
Linear A and B writing
Palace complex (like labyrinth) instead of fortress
Fishers
Rich and important sea power with international trade
Use of potters wheel
Bull Leaping
Knossos Minoan Aegean Painted on wall Different colour people Woman paler men darker
Spring Fresco
Akrotiri Minoan Aegean Sea horse motif Procession seems to be taking place
Kameras Ware
Minoan
Aegean
Net and fish
Wide opening for mixing
Octopus flask
Minoan
Aegean
Small opening for liquid
Harvester Vase
Minoan
Aegean
Decoration carved on
Small opening for liquid
Mycenaean Citadel
Mycenaean
Aegean
One entrance/exit
More advanced than post and lintel contstruction
Lions gate
Entrance to citadel
Post and lintel construction
Mycenaean treasury atriums
Mycenaean
Aegean