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This is a list of Minoan, Mycenaean, and related frescos and quasi-frescos (not completed before the plaster dried) found at Bronze Age archaeological sites on islands and in and around the shores of the Aegean Sea and other relevant places in the Eastern Mediterranean region. In cases where one civilization encroaches on another or a mixture ...
Excavated from 1967 to 1974, the wall paintings provide a crucial window into Santorini's history, depicting the early Aegean world as a highly developed society. Of all the findings unearthed at Akrotiri, these frescoes constitute the most significant contribution to present-day knowledge of Aegean art and culture.
Fresco (pl. frescos or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster, the painting becomes an integral part of the wall.
Relief fresco of a bull's head, part of a much larger scene, from Knossos, AMH. A different type of fresco is the relief fresco, also called "painted stuccos", [51] where the plaster has been formed into a relief of the main subject before it is painted, probably in imitation of Egyptian stone reliefs. The technique is mostly, but not ...
Cycladic art is known for its simple figurines carved in white marble; Minoan art for its palace complexes with frescos, imagery of bulls and bull-leaping, and sophisticated pottery and jewellery; and Mycenaean art for its lavish metalwork in gold, imagery of combat and massively-constructed citadels and tombs. These are very different arts ...
Minoan fresco at Phylakopi on Milos. Phylakopi (Greek: Φυλακωπή), located at the northern coast of the island of Milos, is one of the most important Bronze Age settlements in the Aegean and especially in the Cyclades. The importance of Phylakopi is in its continuity throughout the Bronze Age (i.e. from mid-3rd millennium BC until the ...
List of Aegean frescos; List of artworks by Ivan Albright; List of works by Sophie Gengembre Anderson; List of paintings by Sofonisba Anguissola; List of apostolados; B.
Ancient Towers of the Aegean Sea North Aegean, South Aegean: 2014 iii, iv (cultural) This nomination comprises ten towers, built on the Aegean Islands and on the mainland, mostly in the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE. They were built in non-urban areas and served defensive purposes, sometimes as a part of wider fortification systems, as well as ...