MORNING MASTERPIECE What region does this piece come from? This piece is indicitive of the time in...
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MORNING MASTERPIECE What region does this piece come from? This piece is indicitive of the time in which it was created. Why and how is this a departure from “traditional” art of the region?
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MORNING MASTERPIECE
What region does this piece come from?
This piece is indicitive of the time in which it was created. Why and how is this a departure from “traditional” art of the region?
Prehistoric Aegean Art
Cycladic Art
Statuettes of women
from the Cyclades
ca. 2,500-2,300 B.C.E.marbleapproximately 18 in. high
Modigliani, Kariatide Sculpture, 1913
Statuette of a woman
from the Cyclades
ca. 2,500-2,300 B.C.E.marbleapproximately 18 in. high
Alberto Giacometti, Grande femme debout II , 1961
Modigliani, Head, 1911
Modigliani, Head, 1911
Henry Moore, Reclining Figure, 1939
Statuette of Seated Harp Player
from the Cyclades
ca. 2,800-2,700 B.C.E.marble11 1/2 in. high
Lehmbruk, Seated Youth, 1917.
Minoan Art
Palace at Knossos
Crete, Greece
ca. 1,700-1,400 B.C.E.
Palace at Knossos (reconstruction drawing)
Crete, Greece
ca. 1,700-1,400 B.C.E.
Palace at Knossos
Crete, Greece
ca. 1,700-1,400 B.C.E.
Palace at Knossos (plumbing)
Crete, Greece
ca. 1,700-1,400 B.C.E.
Minoan woman (La Parisienne)
from the palace at Knossos, Greece
ca. 1,450-1,400 B.C.E.frescoapproximately 10 in. high
Bull-leaping
from the palace at Knossos, Greece
ca. 1,450-1,400 B.C.E.fresco32 in. high
Dolphin Fresco
from the palace at Knossos, Greece
ca. 1,450-1,400 B.C.E.fresco
Flotilla, detail of Miniature Ships Fresco
from Room 5, West HouseAkrotiri, Thera, Greece
ca. 1,650 B.C.E.Frescoapproximately 17 in. high
Marine style octopus jar
from Palaikastro, Greece
ca. 1,500 B.C.E.ceramic11 in. high
Snake Goddess
from the palace at Knossos, Greece
ca. 1,600 B.C.E.faience13 1/2 in. high
Isis, Egyptian goddess of magic and life
Mycenaean Art
Lion Gate
Mycenae, Greece
ca. 1,300-1,250 B.C.E.limestone9 ft. 6 in. high
Treasury of Atreus (entrance)
Mycenae, Greece
ca. 1,300-1,250 B.C.E.approximately 43 ft. high
Treasury of Atreus
Mycenae, Greece
ca. 1,300-1,250 B.C.E.approximately 43 ft. high
Funerary Mask
from Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece
ca. 1,600-1,500 B.C.E.beaten gold12 in. high
Inlaid dagger blade with lion hunt
from Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece
ca. 1,600-1,500 B.C.E.bronze, inlaid with gold, silver and niello9 in. long
