Minoan Art
Crete and Thera
c1500

Crete 
Sir Arthur Evans c1900

Mainland
Heinrich Schliemann c1860


 


 
 
 


 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 


 
 

Minos and his labyrinth
Theseus and Ariadne
Daedelus and Icarus




 
 
 
 

 


West Magazine with Pithoi
pithos - singular
in situ
terra cotta

 
 
 
 
 

Stairway East Wing

 
 
 
 
Lightwell

 
 
           
  
 
The Queen's Megaron
fresco, buon fresco, fresco secco



 
 
 
 
 
 


Knossos, King's Throne (Megaron)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Alphons Mucha c1900
Art Nouveau

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

Harvester Vase 
from Hagia Triada,
c 1500 BCE 
Steatite, (imported from Egypt)
greatest diameter 5"

 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Crete, Phaistos, Kameres Ware Jug c2000BCE



 
 
 
 
 
 

Crete, Palaikastro, Octopus Jug c1500BCE
Crete, Phaistos, Kameres Ware Jug c2000BCE

 
 
 
 
 


Crete, Knossos, Bull Jumping Fresco also called The Toreador Fresco
fresco, buon fresco, fresco secco
 
 



 
 
 
 
 
 


Crete, Knossos, Bull Jumping Fresco
also called The Toreador Fresco

 
Crete, Knossos, Bull Rhyton c1500BCE
Crete, Knossos, Bull Rhyton c1500BCE



 
 
 
 


c 2600 BCE

 
 
 

c3150
 
Statuettes of a Snake Goddesses,
Early Aegean, Minoan–Bronze Age, Late Minoan I Period, about 1600–1500 B.C.
 or early 20th century. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Mrs. W. Scott
Snake Goddess,faience, glass, gold, and wood
faience : earthenware decorated with opaque colored glazes



 
 
 
 


Crete, Knossos, 
la Parisienne c1500BCE