ARHI 2300 1st Edition Lecture 7 Outline of Last Lecture I. Menkaure and Khamerernebty AKA Menkaure and Wife, Old Kingdom Egyptian, ca. 2490 - 2472 BCE II. Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and Three Daughters, Amarna Period Egyptian, ca. 1353-1335 BCE Outline of Current Lecture I. Lyre Player, Cycladic, ca. 2600-2300 BCE II. Palace at Knossos, Minoan, ca. 1700-1370 BCE III. Bull Leaping, from the Palace at Knossos, Minoan, ca. 1400-1370 BCE IV. Dipylon Krater, Geometric Greek, ca. 740 BCECurrent LectureI. Lyre Playera. Medium: Marbleb. Reductive, open form sculpturec. 9 inches highd. Figurines were very often of musicians or female figurese. Heads sometimes break off, as they are very slenderi. See influence of geometric in Greek art (not as rigid; they like curves and straight lines, and playing curves off of straight lines)f. Music was very important to GreeksThese 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.g. Seemed to believe that the dead needed something with them in the afterlifei. They buried dead in caves/cliffs, where they would place small figurines made of marble (of animals and people)II. Palace at Knossosa. Arthur Evans excavated this site in Knossos, Crete in 1900b. Believed it was the palace of King Minos (b/c it was shaped like a maze), so we called the people Minoans (now, Knossos)i. Greek Myth- Theseus killed the Minotaur with the help of Minos’ daughter, Ariadnec. Now we believe it may have been a city that a community lived in (evidence: a theater area, central courtyard, etc.)d. Dressed stone, ashlar, was finely finished stonee. Think earthquake destroyed part of it, so a new, solid structure was built with volcanoes and earthquakes in mindIII. Bull Leaping from Palace at Knossosa.b. Fresco painting- buon fresco, or wet frescoi. Buon fresco- wet plaster applied to wall, and paint applied to wet plaster. When the plaster dries, the paint binds to the wall. Painting very permanent, but the artist must work fast before the plaster driesii. Fresco Secco- paint directly onto dry plaster. Artist can take his time, but paint eventually flakes offc. Bull leaping- dangerous activity; entertainment or initiation ritei. Female figures are pale (women tended to be inside more)ii. Male figure is dark; somersaults over bulld. Bodies are more geometrici. Bull is in flying gallop (legs extended)e. Minoans favor buon frescoi. Chemical reaction takes place between paint and plaster and helps bind themIV. Dipylon Kratera.b. Earliest phase of Greek art is the geometric phasec. Top: meander (interlocking geometric pattern) i. Other figures: triangular formii. Hands raised over heads (grieving, tearing out their hair,,, It was a customduring Greek funerals)d. This vase is clay and 3 ft 4 ½ inches highi. Quite large; drinking vessel used for winee. Bigger because it was used as a grave marker (found in cemetery), and it was an offering to the Greek
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