Aegean Art and Architecture

The first comprehensive contextual introduction to the visual arts and architecture of Crete, Greece, and the Aegean islands during the Bronze Age (c.3000-1000 BCE). This book introduces the reader to the historical and social contexts within which the arts - pottery, gold, silver, and ivory objects, gravestone reliefs, frescoes, and architecture - of the Aegean area developed. It examines the functions they served, and the ways in which they can be read as evidence for the
interactions of many different peoples and societies in the eastern Mediterranean.

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1. Introduction: Aegean Art and Architecture; The environment; Discovering the Aegean World; Art and art history; Objectives; Organization; 2. The Neolithic Period and the Prepalatial Early Bronze Age; Settlements; Burial practices; 3. The First Palace Period; Middle Bronze Age palaces and villas; The vernacular tradition in Greece and Crete; Ritual practices; Summary; 4. 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; 5. 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; 6. 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; Bibliographic Essay; Timeline; Index

(Oxford)