Visual Arts History 1040 Lecture Notes - Lion Gate, Shaft Tomb, Palekastro
1 Feb 2013
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Figurine of a woman, from syros, greece, ca. Don"t know purpose, found most in tombs. Male lyre player, from keros, greece, ca. Looted, not in original setting, everything"s still intact. Imp to understand the context of a work to go beyond appreciation of formal qualities and being. The largest art form in the minoan world was fresco painting on walls, usually illustrating palace rituals. Aerial view (looking southwest) of the palace at knossos (crete), greece, ca. Court palace, multistory complex built, toilets, running water, gendered quarterly theatres. Pot cult worship of female deity, pot matriarchy. Minoan woman or goddess (la parisienne), from the palace at knossos (crete), 1450 1400 bce large frontal eye in her profile head (as seen in near eastern and egyptian art) Bull-leaping, from palace at knossos (crete), greece, ca. Ceremony based on their imp bull myths. Symbolic pres, pot pres of sex (male red, fem white)
