FAH207H1 Lecture 2: Lecture 2
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Art and architecture of geometric and orientalizing periods (1100 bce-600. Beginnings that she"s going to talk about that are not in the textbook, are not in the exam, but are still important to know. Bronze age around 3000bce, to about 12th century. 3 main areas seem to have been in dialogue with each other. Aegean (greece and turkey) is the area of interest. Another central island important to bronze age. supposedly birth place of : minoan culture is in crete. 3 centers of bronze age, had their own kind of periods. A period that"s called relative chronology like llm. Absolute chronology, the dates are known, like 1250 bce. Relative, we are not sure what the absolute date it, but we see the relational differences within the period. 100 year difference in what absolute dates might be. King minos constructed it, so that he could scholar away the deadly minotaur, which was the deathly offspring of his wife and the bull.
