ARTH153 Lecture 2: Art History Notes Section 2
12 Sep 2017
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Amoung the cultures of aegean in the bronze age. Vessel carved from egyptian crystal with amethysts from sinai penisuina. Linear a and linear b: the palace of king minos at knossos, minoan, agean, Administrative center: has magazines (storage area) with large jars of things, a lot of storage there, estimate 80000 liters of liquid plus. Linear b tablet looks like ancient beginning greek looking symbols, almost like someone took over in the palace. In greek mythology, the home of king agamemnon: mainland people, homer city of gold , homer, author of illiad (episode of the trojan war), odyssey (ventures of ulysses after the trojan war) 1200 bce of trojan war, hissarlik canakkale province: the acropolis of mycenae (city on a hill), also a citadel (a fortified city), with really. Postern gate, mycenean, bronze, 1300 bce: right after the main entrance, there is a circle of large slaps of stone, Ageanian, myceneans 1500 bce: agamemnon face mask, mycenean,, bronze, 1400 bce.
