ARHI 30120 Lecture 3: 8/29/17 - the Minoans, the Mycenaeans, Heinrich Schliemann, and Sir Arthur Evans
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These moments are important because they represent innovative thought, something new. These events can tell us a lot about why they did what they did. We will be mastering tools throughout the semester that will help us in analyzing the. Doric: simple top, bring the eyes upward. Ionic: vegetal like or scroll like capital, bring the eyes up, then back down. The first monumental piece after the mycenaeans came hundreds of years later. For hundreds of years there were similar amphoras, but the reason this massive amphora showed up is because some guy decided to honor his wife by putting it over her tomb. Again we see the crossing of boundaries (between life and death) Also, if we look at the parthenon (on the acropolis), we see post and lintel structures made of stone. This was also impractical before (this gets back to analyzing the acropolis with respect to previous works, yet doing something new).
