CLASSICS 2B03 Lecture 1: Lecture 1-3 notes.docx
4 Dec 2014
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Visual conventions employed by greek artists that were recognizable to greek artists: eg. Dark skin colour represented men and light skin colour represented female. Things specific to architecture: building and decoration: technical, iconographic and stylistic analysis. Stratigraphy: stratigraphic sequences (layers) of material provide relative chronology. Topology: the determination of an object"s development (includes material, function, shape, style) Aesthetic, material, shape and function change in an object"s development (eg. phones) Outfits of cretan women of high social standing left the breasts bare: symbol of fertility. Double sided axe was a common symbol of deities. Griffins and bulls were popular icons: crete was home to the minotaur. Libations (liquid offerings) were poured into altars adorned with double axes. Invented true fresco: true fresco: painting on damp plaster so that the pigment and plaster are bonded and the paint cannot be rubbed off. Strong egyptian influence in minoan wall paintings: the egyptians also did wall paintings.
