Final Flashcards
Dark Age/Iron Age
1600 BCE
(Early Mycenaean Period)
-Tombs of local warrior chieftains and their families.
-Conspicuous consumption (The showing off of wealth) (Gold and weapons buried in the tombs).
-Evidence of war for personal gain rather than common defense (Raiding).
Figurine of a Woman
Syros, Cyclades
Early Cycladic
Mostly found in graves
May represent fertility
The Palace of Knossos
(Name 3 features associated with a Minoan Palace)
1700 - 1400 BCE
(Neopalatial Phase)
-Central court
-West court
-Storage magazines
-Throne room
-Theatrical area
-Workshops
-Residential wing
Minoan Crete Characteristics
(Palatial Periods)
(1900 - 1450 BCE)
-Monumental architecture (Palaces)
-Literacy (Linear A Script)
-Complex administration
-Political, religious, and economic centralization in the palaces
-Expanded oversees contacts (Sailing technology)
Marine Style Octopus Stirrup Jar
(Describe the decoration and composition)
-Dark-on-light decoration
-Animated design, balanced and completely fills the available space
-Octopus conforms to the contours of the vase
Harvester’s Vase (How does this differ from Egyptian and Mesopotamian art?)
Hagia Triada, Crete
1500 BCE
Linear A
-Minoan writing system
-Syllabic script of about 90 signs with some ideograms representing ideas or words
Peak Sanctuary
-Shrines with offerings, including figurines, ceramic representations of body parts, and animal sacrifices
-Used for religious rites
-At the top of mountains
Tholos Tomb
Communal tombs designed for extended families
Spring Fresco
(How does this painting differ from Egyptian and Near Eastern art?)
Akrotiri, Thera
1650 BCE
-There are no people in the picture
Grave Circles at Mycenae
1600 BCE
(Early Mycenaean Period)
-Tombs of local warrior chieftains and their families.
-Conspicuous consumption (The showing off of wealth) (Gold and weapons buried in the tombs).
-Evidence of war for personal gain rather than common defense (Raiding).
Linear B
Mycenaean writing system
-Made of 87 symbols
Megaron
The large reception hall and throne room in a Mycenaean palace, fronted by an open, two-columned porch.
Late Geometric Period (List 3 characteristics for the exam)
760 – 700 BCE (Time of Homer).
-Period of rapid changes.
Greece emerges from the Dark Age.
-Advancements in art and architecture.
-New prosperity and population growth.
-Colonization of new lands.
-Establishment of the polis (city-state).
-Development of local and regional religious sanctuaries.
-Increase in trade with Europe and the Near East.
-Phoenician alphabet adopted.
-Diffusion of the Homeric Epics.
