ARTHIST 101 1st Edition Lecture 12 Snake Goddess Faience Knossos Palace Crete Greece c 1600 BC Passed hand to hand Delicate medium Geometric pattern and design Exposed breasts and white skin Wasp waist Nurturing fertile function One of the most confrontational Two rising serpents in the hands Serpents associated with heeling Symbolic focus based on power with the head dress and the feline form on top Amplifying a human animal hybrid Mycenaean Era Warring people that rowed up in city states Highly strategic and defensive militaristic Form the backbone of Homer s writings Intensive sense of control ruler ship Heinrich Schliemann largely responsible for the Mycenaean architectures Sophia Schliemann Heinrich s 2nd cousin turned into 2nd wife Heinrich is held responsible for the findings of the city Troy Aerial view of the Citadel of Tiryns Greece c 1400 1200 BC One of the most strategic structures of the era Overtly reveals the separation of the regions Bulk of the walls are 20 feet in width incredibly thick These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Strategic in its placement views across the valley Single road point of access for one entrance to the structure Limiting the amount of people coming in City of the Great Walls Keeping people out Military strategy Fully focused on sustaining the community and based on a potential attack Fusion to the landscape Corbelled Gallery in the Walls of the Citadel Tiryns Greece c 1400 1200 BC Placed in the interior of the Citadel Structures still based on defensive strategy Largely what the Greeks referred to as cyclopean structures Colossal structure No human hands could have built this says the later on Greeks Corbelled vault represents the vertically curved stone above the ground Direct strategic access Corbelled vault has each successive stone tapered into the sides intensive construction Galleries were used by archers to shoot down soldiers Positioning of stairwells and other structures extremely significant Lion Gate limestone Mycenae Greece c 1300 1250 BC Immense amount of discovering Heavy masonry high defense Entire side moves down into a curved diagonal Single access point into the city Soldiers up on top of the gate to arch attack soldiers 2 lions set into the corbel with a column column power No room for the lion heads pegged holes and have human heads on lion bodies Dynamic power rippling muscles Divine protection symbol of pride Intimidation is a major factor Dynamic difference than from the Minoans Treasury of Atreus Mycenae Greece c 1300 1250 BC Functions as a tomb but Heinrich amplifies this as a continuation of the Mycenaean culture Walls ascending into the flats Post and lintel construction Corbel vault placed on top of lintel Showing the prominence of the society Largest vaulted space of that time Vault of the Tholos of the Treasury of Atreus Mycenae Greece c 1300 1250 BC Dominant structure for defense Militaristic Large intensively structured vault Funerary Mask beaten gold Mycenae Greece c 1600 1500 BC Royal jewels to represent divinity Rapousse molded clay or other substance then covered by a sheet of gold then shaped Highly geometric Eyes represent death of the face Lips flattened Realism Prominence symbolized Instrumental in discovery Warrior vase ceramic Mycenae Greece c 1200 BC Vessel that is clay thrown on a potter s wheel and made into a slip used by different minerals Less work put in than other artifacts we have gone through Simple handles on side to represent it was carried from site to site Giving thanks to the Gods for the bounty Military precession moving Ritual structure prepare for militaristic battle Simple register moving Elaborate helmets differ from generals commanders etc Uniform quality military command moving forward Unity of mind unity of purpose Seen as a single entity Ritual tied to hope for success These two cultures form the backbone of Ancient Greece Cultural and ritual development