ARTH-200IA Lecture Notes - Cyclades, Soapstone, Krater
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Contrasting cultures in the aegean, steeped in legend, provide the roots of greek art and were concurrent with egyptian and later. Sea = resource for trade / livelihood / protection. Concurrent w/ egypt (middle + new kingdom) + mesopotamia. Painted red and blue necklaces and bracelets / dots on cheeks and necks. Found in graves ritual burial practices, belief in afterlife. Male and female usually nude women. Triangle form for head, body (broad shoulders tiny feet), pubic triangle. Toes pointed downard cannot stand upright. Pattern of bull symbolism name after king minos and greek myth/legend of thesues and minotaur ( half man / half bull) King minos take 7 boys and 7 girls from athens + sacrifice them to minotaur in labyrinth; whoever killed minotaur freed athens. Theseus meets king"s daughter (ariadne) + got gold thread to navigate labyrinth, killed minotaur + freed athens. No sense of war / battle / conflict from art.
