ARTHIST 101 1st Edition Lecture 11 Ancient Aegean era Minoan Ritual and Recreation Heavenly defense structures Idea of written language Linear A and Linear B Largely living off of the island named Crete Seafarers and traders Economic expansion Aerial view of the palace of Knossos Crete Greece c 1700 1400 BC Preserve and maintain the architecture as it is Economic ritual and spiritual center Open courtyard in the center Great deal of royal presentation and ritual celebration in the courtyard Polytheism Bull was one of most sacred figures Reconstruction of the Palace of Knossos Crete Greece c 1700 1400 BC Directly in the valley itself Based on the site itself Different roads converging to the entrance Structure built for cultural supremacy Open air concept niches No symmetry in the structure Different tierings and levels True fresco technique Columns are wide on bottom skinny up top U represents bull horns No fluent way through the structure Stairwell in the residential quarter of the palace of Knossos Crete Greece c 1700 1400 BC Nothing is related to defense Open world Inverted columns Bull leaping Fresco Knossos palace Crete Greece c 1450 1400 BC Focus on ritual and spiritual representation Circular shapes bordered outline displaying motifs Geometric design and patterns Central seam no central background to represent timeless Amplifying devotional function Restore the work Ferocity and aggressiveness of the bull is amplified Showing control dominance of the animal Means of amplifying ritual celebration One spotter there to slow them down Acrobat waiting for the bull to kick them back Male in center females on outsides being spotters Humans in composite view Sarcophagus painted limestone Crete Greece c 1450 1400 BC Prolific medium Not been restored Geometric and vibrant patterning Attempt to preserve the body for the after life Woman heavenly ornamented Tomb of a soldier Militarism shown Body bandaged in front of sarcophagus Debate over function of the form Killing animal and making offering of its blood and potential body Blood offering to the left physical offering to the right Intensive rituals to assist the body into the after life Harvester Vase Steatite Crete Greece c 1500 BC Medium is similar is diorite Takes much more time to make Overtly suggests royal function behind it Egg shaped the flares to the top with a geometric design near the top Harvest scene offerings of thanksgiving Not an everyday vessel Forms overlap one another to show 3 dimensional depth Foreshortening view Individual psychological form Level of hierarchy
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