1. Male Harp Player, from Keros (Cyclades), ca. 2600-2300 BCE.
Can we be sure of the meaning of these statuettes? No What can we guess was their function?A meaning for music Where were they found? In prehistoric cemeteries
Describe this Harp Player and compare it to the one at the Metropolitan Museum.
To me it looks like a person sitting down playing the harp with their face looking up maybe he’s singing
2. Bull Leaping, from the palace, Knossos (Crete), ca. 1400-1370 BCE.
What does this ceremony consist of? Leaping of the bull in which a young man grasped the horn of the bull and vaulted onto its back. What is the medium for this painting?
Fresco
What is the difference in the depiction of male and female figures?
The female are painted in a dark color and the male are in a light color What are distinguishing factors of Cretan figures as manifested here? Long curly hair & proud and self-confident bearing
3. Landscape with swallows (Spring Fresco), from room Delta 2, Akrotiri, Thera, ca. 1650-1625 BCE.
Is this the largest and most complete prehistoric example of a pure landscape painting? No Is the environs of Akrotiri rendered realistically? Describe.
Yes the painter used vivid colors and undulating lines to capture the essence of nature
4. Marine style octopus flask, from Palaikastro (Crete), ca. 1450 BCE.
Describe development and characteristics of Cretan pottery. What is the relationship between the decoration and the shape of this vessel?
The marine style vase has dark figures on a light back ground the tentacles of the sea creature reaches out all over the surface of vessel tio fill the shape perfectly
5. Snake goddess, from the palace, Knossos (Crete), ca. 1600 BCE.
How does this figure compare to Mesopotamian or Egyptian figures? What is distinctly Cretan? Her breasts are out in the open
6. Harvester's Vase, from Hagia Triada