Book contents
- The Art and Archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age
- The Art and Archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Introduction
- Part I Aegean Neolithic Art
- Part II The Art of the Aegean Early Bronze Age
- Part III Aegean Art in the Cretan First Palace Period
- Part IV Aegean Art in the Second Palace Period
- Part V Aegean Art in the Cretan Second Palace Period
- Part VI Aegean Art in the Final Palatial Period of Knossos
- Part VII Aegean Art of the Mainland Mycenaean Palatial Period
- Part VIII Aegean Art at the End of the Bronze Age
- Chapter 50 Artworks in Context
- Chapter 51 Architecture at the End of the Bronze Age
- Chapter 52 Figures, Figurines, and Anthropomorphic and Zoomorphic Vases
- Chapter 53 Jewellery and Metalwork
- Chapter 54 Pictorial Art and Vase Painting
- Chapter 55 Mycenaean Art and Its Legacy
- Afterword Aegean Art Through Forgers’ Eyes
- References
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Chapter 55 - Mycenaean Art and Its Legacy
from Part VIII - Aegean Art at the End of the Bronze Age
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 May 2022
- The Art and Archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age
- The Art and Archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Introduction
- Part I Aegean Neolithic Art
- Part II The Art of the Aegean Early Bronze Age
- Part III Aegean Art in the Cretan First Palace Period
- Part IV Aegean Art in the Second Palace Period
- Part V Aegean Art in the Cretan Second Palace Period
- Part VI Aegean Art in the Final Palatial Period of Knossos
- Part VII Aegean Art of the Mainland Mycenaean Palatial Period
- Part VIII Aegean Art at the End of the Bronze Age
- Chapter 50 Artworks in Context
- Chapter 51 Architecture at the End of the Bronze Age
- Chapter 52 Figures, Figurines, and Anthropomorphic and Zoomorphic Vases
- Chapter 53 Jewellery and Metalwork
- Chapter 54 Pictorial Art and Vase Painting
- Chapter 55 Mycenaean Art and Its Legacy
- Afterword Aegean Art Through Forgers’ Eyes
- References
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Summary
In the aegean world, Mycenaean art is a new art. Unlike Minoan art, which developed over several centuries in the context of a palatial civilisation, it appeared suddenly c.1600 bc, in a Helladic world where works of art were previously extremely rare. Who were the artists and what were their sources of inspiration? How did it differ from contemporary Minoan (and Cycladic) art? The earliest works, the funerary riches from the period of the shaft graves of Mycenae, were displays of status on the part of elites with rapidly new-found wealth. Admittedly, such desire for status was already apparent since the Early Bronze Age in the jewellery from Minoan, Cycladic, or Helladic tombs.
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- The Art and Archaeology of the Aegean Bronze AgeA History, pp. 515 - 520Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022