Minoan and Mycenaean era By: Veikka and Otto
About Minoan and Mycenaean era Minoan culture began at around 3000 BCE. and ended at around 1500 BCE. Mycenaean culture began at around 1600 BCE. and ended at around 1200 BCE. Minoan and Mycenaean culture were located at Greece. http://www.mrdowling.com/701-earlygreeks.html
Minoan art Works of art were decorative, minoans respected nature. Minoans wanted to show how technologically advanced and civilized they were. Frescoes covered walls of the buildings. Everyday activities were represented everywhere
Human picture on Minoan art Minoans described human in good condition but not same way full of muscles as in later greek art Fresko from palace of Knossos
Mycenaean art The centrals were Mykene, Vafio, Tiryns and Pylos. Based on Minoan culture. More war-based than Minoan Rougher and more violent art Themes of the culture were the usual nature theme and the war theme. https://koppa.jyu.fi/avoimet/taiku/taidehistorian-aikajana/varhaiset- korkeakulttuurit/aigean-alueen-taide/mykenen%20taide
Human picture on Mycenaean art As the art of the mycenaean culture is war-based, the hu- man picture is muscular and capable of fighting a few clothes maximum http://cciv214fa2012.site.wesleyan.edu/the-bronze-age/gold-mycenaean-cushion- seal/ CCIV 214
Sources http://www.minoanatlantis.com/, Fresko from palace of Knossos wikipedia.org https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_civilization#Art 27.1.2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycenaean_Greece ancient-greece.com http://ancient-greece.org/culture/minoan-cult.html Koppa.jyu (2010) Mykenen taide https://koppa.jyu.fi/avoimet/taiku/taidehistorian-aikajana/varhaiset-korkeakulttuurit/aigean-alueen- taide/mykenen%20taide last visited: 27.1.2016 CCIV 214: Gold myceanean cushion-seal https://koppa.jyu.fi/avoimet/taiku/taidehistorian-aikajana/varhaiset-korkeakulttuurit/aigean- alueen-taide/mykenen%20taide last visited: 27.1.2016