The Proto-Greeks

Aegean Art

Cycladic Civilization

3000-1900 BCE

Minoan Civilization

3000 – 1100 BCE

Mycenaean Civilization 1600 – 1100 BCE

Proto-Greek

Colored Cycladic Period

M & Minoan Period

M’s Mycenaean Period

Cycladic Art

Female IdolsDate: 2700-2300 BCEMedium: MarbleLocation: Amorgos, Cyclades

Male IdolsDate: 2700-2300 BCEMedium: MarbleLocation: Keros, Cyclades

Female Idols

Minoan art

Toreador Fresco, AKA Leaping BullDate: c. 1500 BCEMedium: Fresco (Reconstructed)Location: Knossos, Crete

Kamares Wares

Octopus VaseDate: c. 1500 BCEMedium: CeramicLocation: Palaikastro, Crete

Harvester VaseDate: c. 1650-1450 BCEMedium: SerpentineLocation: Hagia Triada, Crete

Snake GoddessDate: c. 1600 BCEMedium: FaïenceLocation: Knossos, Crete

Palace at KnossosDates: 1600-1400 BCELocation: Knossos, Crete

Tapered Columns and Air wellsTapered Columns are narrower at the bottoms than at the top and have a “pillow” like capital.

Mycenaean art

Mask of AgamemnonDate: c. 1500 BCEMedium: GoldLocation: Mycenae

Vapheio CupDate: c. 1500 BCEMedium: Repoussé GoldLocation: Near Sparta

Dagger with a Lion HuntDate: 1500 BCEMedium: Bronze, Gold, Silver, and NielloLocation: Mycenae, Greece

Lion GateDate: c. 1200 BCEMedium: LimestoneLocation: Mycenae, Greece

Treasury of AtreusDate: c. 1200 BCEMedium: GypsumLocation: Mycenae, Greece

INTERIOR OF THOLOS TOMB

Mycenae Megaron

Summary• How has architecture changed from

the Neolithic styles and what has remained the same. Identify Two or more examples to highlight your points.