ARTH 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Kamares Ware, Cycladic Art, Rosetta Stone
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They have marble, (metal was too hard but didn"t want to chip a way, marble was delicate and smooth. Frying pan syros 2500-2200 bc terra cotta [sculpture] Figurine of a woman from syros (cyclades), greece 2300 bce marble. Come in different sizes but they are uniform. Eyes were painted on the paces, not sculpted but they were put everywhere. Woman combing her hair aleksander archpenko 1915. Male figures always shown doing something (playing harp) Minoan named for the legendary figure king minos. King minos- fabled to have kept half-bull creature, the minotaur, who was fed young athenians yearly. Palace at knossos (crete), greece 1700-1400 bce. Walls made of rubble, mud brick, and plaster (faced in dress stone), [influence of. Framing made out of wood (splinter but more flexible in a natural disaster), but capable of burning. Build around courtyards with a lot of columns and stairwells (derivative of labyrinth), maze, because of rebuilding you get asymmetry.
