CLASSICS 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Bull-Leaping, Knossos, Kilt
12 Oct 2016
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Throne room, center court, theater: economic. Vast storage facilities: religious, = administrative center more than royal residence. Note: no evidence of fortification walls or military activity at minoan sites. Implies they did not think they were going to be attacked. Women are painted white, men are painted brown: note: heads in profile. Wo(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s heads are (cid:271)igger a(cid:374)d ha(cid:448)e (cid:373)ore ela(cid:271)orate hair styles: large female figures in the front row, painted much bigger and in greater deal. Implies that these women are more important in this scene. You do(cid:374)(cid:859)t fi(cid:374)d (cid:373)a(cid:374)y depi(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s fro(cid:373) other (cid:272)ultures (cid:449)here (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) are (cid:373)ore. Horns of consecration? prominent in the paintings: castle to(cid:449)ers li(cid:374)ed (cid:449)ith (cid:271)ull(cid:859)s hor(cid:374)s (cid:894)de(cid:272)oratio(cid:374)(cid:895, evans believed that the bull represented a religious aspect to the minoan culture. Elaborate hairstyles, exposed breasts yet again, jewelry. Probably elite women with a religious role as well. There are still some men who appear as important in.
