Minoan and Mycenaean ArtThe magnificent works of art of ancient Crete, Mycenae and the Cycladic islands are awe-inspiring in their richness, variety and vitality. Frescoes, jewelry, sculpture, gold funeral masks, ivories and countless other beautiful artifacts - all the significant works of art and architecture that are our legacy front those great Aegean civilizations of the third and second millennia BC - are described and illustrated in Dr. Higgins' distinguished and classic survey. What emerges is an impressive picture of flourishing Bronze Age cultures that should be viewed not simply in the shadow of classical Greek art but as major achievements in their own right. This updated edition incorporates greater coverage of the breathtaking frescoes from Akrotiri, on the island of Thera. Other recent discoveries and research are also included, such as the unique ivory figurine from Palaikastro, objects from the palace of Mallia and the intriguing presence of Minoan-style frescoes in Egypt. |
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Aegean Aegina animals Asia Minor Athens BC Ill beads birds bowl British Museum bull carved clay coloured contemporary Crete Cycladic Cycladic period Cyprus daggers decorated Early Cycladic Early Helladic Early Minoan Egyptian embossed engraved example excavated faience fifteenth century BC figurines fourteenth century BC frescoes goblet granulation Grave-Circle Greek Hagia Triada hand-made Height Helladic period inlaid island ivory jars jewellery Knossos Late Bronze Age Late Minoan lentoid Lerna Mainland Greece Mallia marble Middle Helladic Middle Helladic period Middle Minoan Minoan period Mochlos motives Mycenae Mycenaean Empire niello originally ornament painted palace at Knossos palace at Zakro patterns Peter Clayton Phaestos pottery probably Pylos rhyton rock-crystal scenes second palaces Shaft-Grave shape shown in Ill silver so-called spirals spouted statuettes stone vases surviving Syros terracotta Thera thirteenth century BC tholos tomb Tiryns Treasury of Atreus Vapheio vessels Ware Zakro