Aegean Art
Give (4) major work examples of Mycenaean Art.
1.) "Corbeled Gallery" 2.) "Lion Gate" 3.) "Treasury of Atreus" 4.) "Funerary Mask"
Give (4) major work examples of Minoan Art.
1.) "Palace at Knossos" 2.) "Bull Leaping" 3.) "Spring Fresco" 4.) "Snake Goddess"
What are two key characteristics of Mycenaean architecture?
1.) Corbeled arches 2.) Cyclopean masonry
When was the Mycenaean civilization?
1600-1100 BCE.
When was the Minoan civilization?
1900-1375 BCE.
When was the Cycladic civilization?
3000-1600 BCE.
Where did the first civilizations in Europe emerge?
Around the Aegean Sea.
Who discovered the Minoan palaces?
Arthur Evans from England.
Which technique did Egyptian painters use?
Fresco secco (where paint is applied to a dry wall).
Where was the Mycenaean civilization?
Greece.
Which is better; buon fresco V.S fresco secco. Why?
Buon fresco is more durable because a freshly applied layer of plaster easily adheres to a coat of paint.
Which technique did Aegean painters use?
Buon fresco.
What is the opposite of repoussé?
Chasing.
Where was the Minoan civilization?
Crete.
Where was the Cycladic civilization?
Cycladic islands in the Aegean Sea.
What are the three civilizations of the Aegean age? (in order from oldest to youngest)
Cycladic, Minoan, and Mycenaean.
Who discovered the Mycenaean culture and when?
Heinrich Schliemann. End of the 19th century.
Most of what survives from Cycladic culture has been found where?
In grave sites on the Greek islands.
Describe the features of the Cycladic statuettes.
Linear abstraction and clean, crisp lines that deemphasize details that may have been painted on.
What did the Mycenaean civilization produce?
Massive citadels marked by cyclopean masonry and corbeled vaulting.
"Figures are not riveted to a ground line" describes what culture?
Minoan.
What did the Minoan civilization produce?
Mixed-use palaces with complex ground plans.
Which ruins did Schliemann dig through to find the civilization?
Mycenae and Troy.
Give an example of a piece that was created using "repoussé".
Mycenaean "Funerary Mask".
Which civilization spoke an early form of the Greek language?
Mycenaeans.
How were their large citadels built?
Of cyclopean masonry marked by corbeled vaulting.
What sculpting technique were Minoans and Mycenaeans particularly adept at? Describe this technique.
Repoussé. This technique involves fitting a sheet of thin metal onto a surface. The metal is then incised with small hammers from the backside of the plate. A design is beaten on the inside of the object, leaving a raised surface on the exterior.
Why did the Cycladic civilization produce?
Stylized statuettes of nude standing females and nude males playing musical instruments.
Who excelled at the corbeled arch? What is a corbeled arch?
The Mycenaeans easily created a type of vaulted space in which the blocks of stone are gradually placed closer together as the building rises, forming an inverted V-shaped roof.
What were the downsides to buon fresco?
The technique required quick brushwork and spontaneous execution.
