Aegean Art and Architecture

Name: Aegean Art and Architecture
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ISBN: 9780192842084

ISBN-10: 0192842080

ISBN-13: 9780192842084

Edition: 1999

Authors: Donald Preziosi, Louise A. Hitchcock

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The discoveries in Crete, Greece, and the Aegean islands that began a century ago were nothing less than stunning, and seemed to give shape and substance to tales of the Minotaur and the Labyrinth, of Theseus and Ariadne, of Minos and Icarus. Ancient Aegean Art is the first comprehensive historical introduction to the art and architecture Crete, mainland Greece, and the Cycladic islands in the Aegean, beginning with the Neolithic period, before 3000 BCE, and ending at the close of the Bronze Age and the transition to the Iron Age of Hellenic Greece (c.1000 BCE). Covering a broad range of objects and artefacts, from sealstones to pots to buildings and settlements, Preziosi and Hitchcock…

Book details

List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/24/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 9.38" wide x 6.60" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Acknowledgements



Introduction: Aegean Art and Architecture


The environment


Discovering the Aegean world


Art and art history


Objectives of this book


Organization of the book



The Neolithic Period and the Prepalatial Early Bronze Age


Settlements


Burial practices



The First Palace Period


Middle Bronze Age palaces and villas


The vernacular tradition in Greece and Crete


Ritual practices


Summary



The Second Palace Period


Public art, private art, and the palatial architectural style


The Second Palaces: Knossos, Phaistos, Gournia, and Kato Zakro


Minoan villas: function and design


The terminology and typology of Minoan palatial buildings


The Minoan and Mycenaean spheres of influence


Religious practices


Burial practices



Mycenaean Domination and the Minoan Tradition


The Mycenaean palace at Pylos


The Mycenaean palace at Knossos


Haghia Triadha and Kommos


The continuation of Minoan building techniques in the Third Palace Period


Burial practices


The Mycenaean shrine at Phylakopi


The circuit walls at Mycenae and Tiryns



Conclusion: Disruptions, (Dis)Continuities, and the Bronze Age


The eastward migration of Aegean traditions


The international style


Cyprus, Palestine, and the Peoples of the Sea


Tradition and transformation


What goes around comes around: Daedalus returns to Crete


Notes


List of Illustrations


Bibliography


Timeline


Index