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. marble approximately 18 in. high
Modigliani, Kariatide Sculpture, 1913
Statuette of a woman from the Cyclades ca. 2,500-2,300 B.C.E. marble approximately 18 in. high
Alberto Giacometti, Grande femme debout II, 1961
Modigliani, Head, 1911
Henry Moore, Reclining Figure, 1939
Statuette of Seated Harp Player from the Cyclades ca. 2,800-2,700 B.C.E. marble 11 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. fresco approximately 10 in. high
Bull-leaping from the palace at Knossos, Greece ca. 1,450-1,400 B.C.E. fresco 32 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 House Akrotiri, Thera, Greece ca. 1,650 B.C.E. Fresco approximately 17 in. high
Marine style octopus jar from Palaikastro, Greece ca. 1,500 B.C.E. ceramic 11 in. high
Snake Goddess from the palace at Knossos, Greece ca. 1,600 B.C.E. faience 13 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. limestone 9 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 gold 12 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 niello 9 in. long