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Lost Aegean town - to volcano - rediscovered in 1967
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Akrotiri
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"Aegean cultures" concerned with which regions
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CycladesCrete & the Mediterranean islandsmainland Greece
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Chief means of discovering the Aegean during the bronze age?
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archaeology
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Amidst the uncertainty about dating things from the Aegean bronze age, which set of dates can...
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1650-1625 bc, eruption of Thera
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6000 bc, Cyclades: medium being used? art produced?
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coarse local clayceramic human and animal figures
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Describe Cycladic marbles from 3000 bc
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found in gravesmostly nude womenpainted over w/abstract motifs
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representational conventions used for Cycladic marble women?
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symmetryhead tilted backface featureless but for nosecrossed arms below breastslong necks
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How did cycladic peoples decorate their own bodies?
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Tattoosscarstemporary body paint
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what is the theory about the purpose of cycladic marbles
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they were to represent the owner in a series of important moments: puberty, marriage, death
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approximate dates of Minoan civilization on Crete?
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1900-1375 bce
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archaeologist responsible for naming "Minoans," excavating at Knossos
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Sir Arthur Evans
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What were Cretan "Old Palace" architectural complexes made of
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mud brick and rubble walls,covered in finished stone (dressed stone)columns/supports of wood
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Characteristics of "Kamares" ware?
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Extreme thinnessUse of colorStylized, painted decoration
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One of the high forms of art during the Cretan Old Palace period; probably adopted from Egyptian/Near...
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metalwork/goldwork
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reason for the name of the "Labyrinth"
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its double-axe motif (Labyrinth = double-axe)
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Greatest architectural creation of the Minoan "New Palace" Period
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the "labyrinth" at Knossos (covered 6 acres)
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organizing principle of Minoan architecture
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rooms/passageways around a central space
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delicate decoration with fine gold wire
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filigree
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minute balls of precious metal are fused to underlying forms
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granulation
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technique whereby artists push relief forms upward from the back of a sheet of metal (used...
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repousee
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black alloy of lead/silver/copper/sulfur is fused on with heat, creating black lines
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niello
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The names for murals done on wet and dry plaster, respectively
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buon frescofresco secco
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2 characteristics of Minoan fresco
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stylizedbright/solid fields of color
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most famous Minoan fresco (from Knossos) represents this...
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bull-leaping
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colorfully glazed fine ceramic (Minoan sculpture)
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faience
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Minoan vessels - made of steatite - used for pouring liquids
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rhytons
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Why is the harvester rhyton stylistically exceptional?
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emotionjumbling/overlapping of figures
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a rattle-like percussion instrument of the Minoans
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sistrum
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This work is evidence of the brief Mycenean presence in Thera (on Crete?)
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"Flotilla fresco" (very martial)
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Helladic culture
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3000-1000 bcMainland GreeceMycenean
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fortified palaces of the Myceneans
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citadels
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define megaron
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great room in a Mycenean palace
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What is the Mycenean burial convention?
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round, vaulted tombs of cut stone
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term for the massive-scale drywall masonry around the city of Mycenae
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cyclopean
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used for earliest Mycenean burials
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shaft graves
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round/conical above-ground burial places of mainland Greece
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tholos tombs/beehive tombs
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Bowl for mixing water and wine; used at feasts or as a grave marker
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krater
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