Chapter 4: Art of the Ancient Aegean

Question 1

Answer 1

Girl Gathering Saffron Crocus Flowers
Thera, Cyclades (Aegean)
Prior to 1650 BCE
Wall Painting

Question 2

Answer 2

Figure of a Woman
Cyclades (Aegean)
2600-2400 BCE
Marble

Question 3

Answer 3

Head with Remains of Painted Decoration
Cyclades (Aegean)
2500-2200 BCE
Marble and Red Pigment

Question 4

Answer 4

Kamares Ware Jug
Phaistos, Crete (Aegean)
2000-1900 BCE
Ceramic

Question 5

Answer 5

Reconstruction Drawing of the “Palace” Complex, Knossos, Crete
Knossos, Crete (Aegean)
New Palace Period
1700-1450 BCE

Question 6

Answer 6

East Wing Stairwell
Knossos, Crete (Aegean)
New Palace Period
1700-1450 BCE

Question 7

Answer 7

Bull Leaping
Knossos, Crete (Aegean)
Late Minoan Period/New Palace Period
1450-1375 BCE
Wall Painting

Question 8

Answer 8

Statuette of a Male Figure
Palaikastro, Crete (Aegean)
1500-1475 BCE
Ivory, gold, serpentine, rock crystal, and wood

Question 9

Answer 9

Two Views of the Harvester Rhyton
Hagia Triada, Crete (Aegean)
New Palace Period
1650-1450 BCE
Steatite

Question 10

Answer 10

Bull’s-Head Rhyton
Knossos, Crete (Aegean)
New Palace Period
1550-1450 BCE
Serpentine with shell, rock crystal, and red jasper, gilt wood horns

Question 11

Answer 11

Octopus Flask
Palaikastro, Crete (Aegean)
New Palace Period
1500-1450 BCE
Marine-style ceramic

Question 12

Answer 12

Pendant of Gold Bees
Chryssolakkos, Malia, Crete (Aegean)
New Palace Period
1700-1550 BCE
Gold

Question 13

Answer 13

Vapheio Cup
Sparta, Greece (Aegean)
1650-1450 BCE
Gold

Question 14

Answer 14

Landscape (“Spring Fresco”)
Akrotiri, Thera Cyclades (Aegean)
Prior to 1630 BCE
Wall Painting

Question 15

Answer 15

“The Flotilla Fresco”
Akrotiri, Thera (Aegean)
New Palace Period
1650 BCE
Wall Painting

Question 16

Answer 16

Citadel at Mycenae
Peloponnese, Greece (Aegean),
1340, 1250, 1200 BCE

Question 17

Answer 17

Lion Gate, Mycenae
Peloponnese, Greece (Aegean)
1250 BCE
Limestone Relief

Question 18

Answer 18

Reconstruction Drawing of the Citadel at Mycenaeat Its Most Developed State
Peloponnese, Greece (Aegean)

Question 19

Answer 19

Reconstruction Drawing of the Megaron (Great Room) of the Pylos Palace
(Aegean)
1300-1200 BCE

Question 20

Answer 20

Plan of the Megaron of the Pylos Palace
(Aegean)
1300-1200 BCE

Question 21

Answer 21

Mask of Agamemnon
Mycenae, Greece (Aegean)
1600-1550 BCE
Gold (Funerary Mask)

Question 22

Answer 22

Dagger Blade with Lion Hunt
Mycenae, Greece (Aegean)
1550-1500 BCE
Bronze inlaid with gold, silver, and niello

Question 23

Answer 23

Cutaway Drawing of Tholos, the So-Called Treasury of Atreaus
Mycenae, Greece (Aegean)
1300-1200 BCE

Question 24

Answer 24

Corbel Vault, Interior of Tholos, The So-Called Treasury of Atreus
Mycenae, Greece (Aegean)
1300-1200 BCE
Limestone Vault

Question 25

Answer 25

Exterior View of Tholos, The So-Called Treasury of Atreus
Mycenae, Greece (Aegean)
1300-1200 BCE
Limestone

Question 26

Answer 26

Warrior Krater
Mycenae, Greece (Aegean)
1300-1100 BCE
Ceramic