Exam 4: Minos and the Heroes of Homer

Construct an argument concerning the significance of Minoan ceramic shape,design,and decorative elements.What relationship did these design elements have with other media? Use examples to support your essay.

Describe the differences between Minoan and Mycenaean palace architecture.

The funerary practice of the Mycenaeans,covering the faces of the dead with gold masks,recalls what other culture?

Minoans coated the rough surface of their rubble walls with a fine white lime plaster that required rapid execution and great skill.Which painting method was used with this type of fabrication?

Who was Frank Calvert?

Evaluate the development of Mycenaean architecture.What effect did Minoan civilization have on this development? What subsequent contributions were made by Mycenaean architecture? Use examples to support your essay

What impact did the volcanic eruption on the island of Santorini (ancient Thera)have on the chronology of Minoan art works?

What features of the architecture of the Palace at Knossos are thought to have given rise to the Greek myth of the labyrinth?

Define labrys and its importance in Minoan architecture.

The Treasury of Atreus is an excellent example of a(n):

Who was Harriet Boyd Hawes?

Tiryns was:

Evaluate the differences between Minoan fresco painting and Egyptian frescoes of the New Kingdom.Discuss both stylistic features and where and why they were painted.Why are these differences significant?

Spring is the first pure landscape.Which of the following best defines landscape?

Evaluate the difference between Minoan palace frescoes and the Hagia Triada sarcophagus.

What is the Iliad,and how did it impact the art history of the Aegean?

Which of the following elements showed that the new palace at Knossos was carefully planned?

Discuss the impact of trade between Egypt and Knossos.How did this trade affect the art of the Aegean? Use examples to support your essay.

The Kamares style of Minoan pottery exhibited:

Which of the following is a palace on Crete?