Ancient Aegean

Ancient cultures of the islands in the Aegean Sea, the part of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey and extending south to the island of Crete.

Dates

c. 3200–1050 B.C.E.

Places

Europe > Southern Europe > Greece
Asia > West Asia > Turkey

Basics Works of Art Periods, Cultures, Styles Curated Guides

Ancient Aegean

Ancient cultures of the islands in the Aegean Sea, the part of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey and extending south to the island of Crete.

Dates

c. 3200–1050 B.C.E.

Places

Europe > Southern Europe > Greece
Asia > West Asia > Turkey

Basics Works of Art Periods, Cultures, Styles Curated Guides

Basics to get you started

Cycladic art, an introduction

Mycenaean art, an introduction

Minoan art, an introduction

Works of Art

Early Cycladic figurines

3200–2300 B.C.E.

Warrior Krater

c. 1200–1100 B.C.E.

Male Harp Player of the Early Spedos Type
Getty Conversations

2700–2300 B.C.E.

Knossos

c. 8th millennium B.C.E.–5th century C.E.

Statuette of a Male Figure (The Palaikastro Kouros)

1480–1425 B.C.E.

Kamares Ware Jug

1900–1700 B.C.E.

Hagia Triada sarcophagus

c. 1400 B.C.E.

Bull’s Head Rhyton

c. 1550–1500 B.C.E.

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Periods, Cultures, Styles

Hagia Triada sarcophagus, c. 1400 B.C.E., limestone and fresco, 1.375 x .45 x .985 m (Archaeological Museum of Heraklion, photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0)

Minoan

c. 3000–1450 B.C.E.

Male Harp Player of the Early Spedos Type, Cyclades, 2700–2300 B.C.E, marble, 35.8 x 9.5 x 28.1 cm. Getty Museum, Los Angeles

Cycladic

c. 3000–2000 B.C.E.

The Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, c. 1300-1250 B.C.E.

Mycenaean

c. 1600–1050 B.C.E.

Curated Guides to Ancient Aegean

All Textbook Chapters Syllabi

Textbook Chapter

With and Without Homer: Reframing Aegean Art

Syllabus

Ancient Greek Art and Architecture Syllabus

Syllabus

Prehistory to the Middle Ages: the Mediterranean Syllabus