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1 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?

2 Prehistoric Aegean Art

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4 Cycladic Art

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6 Statuettes of women from the Cyclades ca. 2,500-2,300 B.C.E. marble approximately 18 in. high

7 Modigliani, Kariatide Sculpture, 1913

8 Statuette of a woman from the Cyclades ca. 2,500-2,300 B.C.E. marble approximately 18 in. high

9 Alberto Giacometti, Grande femme debout II, 1961

10 Modigliani, Head, 1911

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12 Henry Moore, Reclining Figure, 1939

13 Statuette of Seated Harp Player from the Cyclades ca. 2,800-2,700 B.C.E. marble 11 1/2 in. high

14 Lehmbruk, Seated Youth, 1917.

15 Minoan Art

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17 Palace at Knossos Crete, Greece ca. 1,700-1,400 B.C.E.

18 Palace at Knossos (reconstruction drawing) Crete, Greece ca. 1,700-1,400 B.C.E.

19 Palace at Knossos Crete, Greece ca. 1,700-1,400 B.C.E.

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21 Palace at Knossos (plumbing) Crete, Greece ca. 1,700-1,400 B.C.E.

22 Minoan woman (La Parisienne) from the palace at Knossos, Greece ca. 1,450-1,400 B.C.E. fresco approximately 10 in. high

23 Bull-leaping from the palace at Knossos, Greece ca. 1,450-1,400 B.C.E. fresco 32 in. high

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26 Dolphin Fresco from the palace at Knossos, Greece ca. 1,450-1,400 B.C.E. fresco

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28 Flotilla, detail of Miniature Ships Fresco from Room 5, West House Akrotiri, Thera, Greece ca. 1,650 B.C.E. Fresco approximately 17 in. high

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31 Marine style octopus jar from Palaikastro, Greece ca. 1,500 B.C.E. ceramic 11 in. high

32 Snake Goddess from the palace at Knossos, Greece ca. 1,600 B.C.E. faience 13 1/2 in. high

33 Isis, Egyptian goddess of magic and life

34 Mycenaean Art

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36 Lion Gate Mycenae, Greece ca. 1,300-1,250 B.C.E. limestone 9 ft. 6 in. high

37 Treasury of Atreus (entrance) Mycenae, Greece ca. 1,300-1,250 B.C.E. approximately 43 ft. high

38 Treasury of Atreus Mycenae, Greece ca. 1,300-1,250 B.C.E. approximately 43 ft. high

39 Funerary Mask from Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece ca. 1,600-1,500 B.C.E. beaten gold 12 in. high

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41 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 niello 9 in. long


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