ART 155 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Beehive Tomb, Minoan Snake Goddess Figurines, Lion Gate
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Faience- type of ceramic, only made in egypt. Citadel- a walled city, a need for protection. Cyclopean- type of wall, the blocks of stone were believed to be so big only a cyclops could carry them. Snake goddess, from knossos (crete) minoan (c. 1600 bc) faience, approx. Holding snakes, represent fertility and rebirth bc they shed every year and are reborn". Corbeled gallery, tiryns mycenaean (c. 1400 - 1200 bc) Post and lintel would cave in over time. Citadel of mycenae and the lion gate mycenaean (c. 1300 - 1250 bc) The females do the hunting and are the intimidating figure. Treasury of atreus mycenae (c. 1300 - 1250 bc)/ tholos tomb. People thought it was a treasury bc of all the goods. All of the tombs are outside of the city. Still impressive though because they used the arches to make domes. Funerary mask from grave circle a (mycenae) mycenaean (c. 1600 - 1500 bc) beaten gold, approx.
