Minoan and Mycenaean Art (World of Art) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for Minoan and Mycenaean Art This survey describes and illustrates significant works of art and architecture from ancient Crete, Mycenae and the Cycladic Islands, from such discoveries as the citadel of Mycenae and at the palace of King Minos at Knossos. This revised edition includes recent discoveries.
Full description- Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Published: 17 November 1997
- Format: Paperback 216 pages
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- Categories: Art History | Art History: Ancient & Classical BCE to c 500 CE | Classical Greek & Roman Archaeology
- ISBN 13: 9780500203033 ISBN 10: 0500203032
- Sales rank: 159,316
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Full description for Minoan and Mycenaean Art
This survey describes and illustrates in detail all the significant works of art and architecture of ancient Crete and Mycenae and of the Cycladic Islands. An important event in the history of archaeology was the discovery by Heinrich Schliemann in 1876, of the treasures in the citadel of Mycenae - the home of the legendary King Agamemnon. The excavations of Sir Arthur Evans in 1900, at the palace of King Minos of Knossos was equally important archaeologically. Such treasures that were found are frescoes and gold funeral masks from the third and second millenia BC. This revised edition includes greater coverage of the frescoes from Akrotir, on the island of Thera. Other recent findings are described and illustrated in detail, such as the unique ivory figurine from Palaikastro, objects from the palace of Mallia and the intriguing discovery of Minoan-style frescoes in Egypt.
