ARTH 1200 Lecture 3: Lecture 3
11 Mar 2016
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Moral and ethical matters were intrinsically related to art. Attempted to communicate this through proportional relationships. Architecture derived from dimensions of parts and their relationships to one another . When proportional beauty was achieved it yielded a microscopic view into the inner workings of the cosmos. Classical greek period: 479-323 bce: the minoans. The civilization is name for king minos. Greek legends associated king minos and his palace and labyrinth at knossos, where the minotaur (half-man, half-bull) ate youths and maidens. Knossos is the largest and best known excavated minoan site. Sir arthur evans excavated in 1900 ce. The purpose of the complex is unknown. There are frescoes depicting priestesses and celebrants. Wood columns flexible and there were many earthquakes. Bulls symbolized strength and fertility: the mycenaean"s. The civilization takes its" name from mycenae: the largest citadel in a trading society led by warrior-kings. Reached a period of greatness in 1,450 bce invigorated by contact with more sophisticated minoan culture.
