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Art of the Prehistoric Aegean. I Cycladic Art (c. 2500 BCE) II Minoan Art (c. 1700 BCE) III Mycenaean Art (c. 1500 BCE). Figurine of a woman, from Syros (Cyclades), Greece, ca. 2500–2300 BCE. Marble, approx. 1 ’ 6 ” high. I. Cycladic Art. II. Minoan Art (c. 1700 BCE).
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Art of the Prehistoric Aegean I Cycladic Art (c. 2500 BCE) II Minoan Art (c. 1700 BCE) III Mycenaean Art (c. 1500 BCE)
Figurine of a woman, from Syros (Cyclades), Greece, ca. 2500–2300 BCE. Marble, approx. 1’ 6” high I. Cycladic Art
II. Minoan Art (c. 1700 BCE) Olaf Tausch Sarcophagus from Hagia Triada (Crete), Greece, ca. 1450-1400 BCE, Painted limestone, 4’ 6” long
Bull Leapers, Fresco from the palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, ca. 1450–1400 BCE Fresco
smial Flotilla, from Room 5, West House, Akrotiri, Thera (Cyclades), Greece, ca. 1650 BCE. Fresco, approx. 1’ 5” high. National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
Spring Fresco, from Room Delta 2, Akrotiri, Thera (Cyclades), Greece, ca. 1650 BCE
Harvester Vase, Crete, Greece, ca. 1500 BCE. Greatest diameter approx. 5”.
Snake Goddess, from palace at Knossos (Crete), Greece, Ca. 1600 BCE. Faience, approx. 1’ 1 1/2” high. Archaeological Museum, Herakleion. Team at Carnaval.com studios
III. Mycenaean Art (c. 1500 BCE) Female head, from Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300-1250 BCE. Painted plaster, approx. 6 ½” h Sharon Mollerus
Lion Gate, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300–1250 BCE. Limestone, relief panel approx. 9’ 6” high.
Lion Gate, Mycenae corbel vault post-and-lintel
Vault of the tholos of the Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300–1250 BCE. Approx. 43’ high.
Funerary mask, from Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1600–1500 BCE. Beaten gold, approx. 1’ high repoussé