FAH101H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cyclopean Masonry, Bronze Age, Apse
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The (not so dark) beginnings: geometric to orientalizing. #aegean bronze ages: crete and cyclades 3000-1200 bce. 3 main areas in dialogue with each other: cyclades, crete, mainland. Periods: relative chronology: not sure about the absolute dates but see the difference and relationship in these periods. *mycenaean world: bronze age in mainland greece: flourished down to 1200 bce helladic. Abstract traces indicating the gender; most female figures; some are pregnant; Many forgeries right: traces of pigment: marks on the face left: pigment survived up till now the world don"t know about the technique of painting because pigment only in 1700s bce; Harpist: rare; thought to be forgery; until they saw the pigment traces. *palace of minos at knossos, crete (lm), north entrance. When archeologists found the palace: big, huge, complex, Wall paintings: some reconstruction and original construction in the front room; Fresco: italian term: fresh, using plaster and pigment, chemical reaction; technique.
