Slide Sheet for Minoan and Mycenaean Art and Architecture

Dates Useful to Know

Prehistoric Cycladic civilization: ca. 3000-1200 BCE
Minoan: ca. 3000-1500 BCE

Mycenaean: ca 1600-1200 BCE

Slides to Know for Quiz

Palace at Knossos, ca. 1600-1400 BCE

Toreador Fresco, Knossos, ca. 1500 BCE

Snake Goddess, faience, ca. 1600 BCE

Ship Fresco, Akrotiri, 1650-1500 BCE

Boxers fresco, Akrotiri, 1650-1500 BCE

Lion gate, Mycenae, 1400-1300 BCE

Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, ca. 1300 BCE

Mask of “Agememnon”, gold, 16^th c. BCE

Vapheio cups, gold, 16^th c. BCE

Terms to Know

Buon Fresco or true fresco

Faience

Megaron

Post and lintel

Corbeling

Courses

Tholos (plural is tholoi)

Repousse