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World Architecture 7. The Aegean: Crete and Mycenae Leo von Klenze, The Acropolis and the Propylaea, oil on canvas, 1846 Map of the Mediterranean [NOTE: locations of Egypt and Greece] Lord Frederic Leighton, Icarus and Daedalus, oil on canvas, 1869 Hendrik Goltzius, Icarus, from The Disgracers, after Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem, engraving, 1588 LEFT: Khafre (Chefron), from Giza, Egypt, diorite, Dynasty IV (Old Kingdom), ca. 2520-2494 BC RIGHT: Polykleitos, Doryphoros (Spear Bearer), Roman marble copy after Greek bronze original of ca. 450-440 BC Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Apotheosis of Homer, oil on canvas, 1827 Sydney Hodges, Portrait of Heinrich Schliemann, oil on canvas, 1877 Heinrich Schliemann searching for the ancient cities he read about in ancient Greek mythology Heinrich Schliemann and his wife at work on an excavation Photograph of Sophia Schliemann wearing part of ?Priam?s Treasure,? discovered at Hissarlik, Anatolia in 1873 ?Linear B? Script Map of the Aegean Female figure (idol), from Cyclades Islands, marble, ca. 2500-2200 BC Portrait of Sir Arthur Evans, who led excavations at Knossos Palace Complex (?Palace of King Minos?), Knossos, Crete, ca. 1700-1380 BC Aerial view of ruins Palace Complex (?Palace of King Minos?), Knossos, Crete, ca. 1700-1380 BC Reconstruction Palace Complex (?Palace of King Minos?), Knossos, Crete, ca. 1700-1380 BC Plan Paul Reid, Minotaur, oil on canvas, 2005 Paul Reid, Theseus and the Minotaur, oil on canvas, 2006 John Vanderlyn, Ariadne Asleep on the Island of Naxos, oil on canvas, 1809-14 Sarcophagus with Bacchus with the Sleeping Ariadne, Roman, marble, ca. 2nd century BC Palace Complex (?Palace of King Minos?), Knossos, Crete, ca. 1700-1380 BC Magazines Palace Complex (?Palace of King Minos?), Knossos, Crete, ca. 1700-1380 BC Large terra cotta jar Bull-leaping, from Palace at Knossos, Crete, fresco, ca. 1450-1400 BC Snake goddess, from Palace at Knossos, Crete, faience, ca. 1600 BC Palace Complex (?Palace of King Minos?), Knossos, Crete, ca. 1700-1380 BC Reconstruction: Courtyard view towards Throne Room Palace Complex (?Palace of King Minos?), Knossos, Crete, ca. 1700-1380 BC Courtyard view towards Throne Room Palace Complex (?Palace of King Minos?), Knossos, Crete, ca. 1700-1380 BC Throne Room Palace Complex (?Palace of King Minos?), Knossos, Crete, ca. 1700-1380 BC Throne Room and Light Well Palace Complex (?Palace of King Minos?), Knossos, Crete, ca. 1700-1380 BC Reconstruction: Queen?s Megaron Palace Complex (?Palace of King Minos?), Knossos, Crete, ca. 1700-1380 BC Queen?s Megaron Palace Complex (?Palace of King Minos?), Knossos, Crete, ca. 1700-1380 BC Bath-tub area in Queen?s Rooms Palace Complex (?Palace of King Minos?), Knossos, Crete, ca. 1700-1380 BC Light well Palace Complex (?Palace of King Minos?), Knossos, Crete, ca. 1700-1380 BC Staircase Palace Complex (?Palace of King Minos?), Knossos, Crete, ca. 1700-1380 BC Staircase [NOTE: unique columns with cushion capitals] Warrior Vase, from Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1200 BC Citadel at Tiryns, Peloponnesus, Mycenae, ca. 1380 BC Aerial view of ruins Citadel at Tiryns, Peloponnesus, Mycenae, ca. 1380 BC Reconstruction Citadel at Tiryns, Peloponnesus, Mycenae, ca. 1380 BC Cyclopean walls Giulio Romano, Polyphemus the Cyclops, in the Palazzo del Te, near Mantua, Italy, fresco, 1525-35 Citadel at Tiryns, Peloponnesus, Mycenae, ca. 1380 BC Plan [NOTE: Postern openings through thick citadel walls] Citadel at Tiryns, Peloponnesus, Mycenae, ca. 1380 BC Postern Citadel at Tiryns, Peloponnesus, Mycenae, ca. 1380 BC Postern gates Post-and-lintel construction (Trabeation) Post-and-lintel versus Corbel arch A corbel arch is not a true arch. Citadel at Tiryns, Peloponnesus, Mycenae, ca. 1380 BC Plan, showing location of megaron Citadel at Tiryns, Peloponnesus, Mycenae, ca. 1380 BC Reconstruction, showing megaron Megaron plan at Pylos Megaron, Palace at Pylos, Peloponnesus, Mycenae, 13th century BC Citadel and Palace of Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1600-1250 BC View of ruins Citadel and Palace of Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1600-1250 BC View of ruins and surrounding countryside Citadel and Palace of Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1600-1250 BC Aerial view of ruins Citadel and Palace of Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1600-1250 BC Plan Citadel and Palace of Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1600-1250 BC Reconstruction Citadel and Palace of Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300 BC Lion Gate Citadel and Palace of Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300 BC Lion Gate [Heinrich Schliemann is standing next to sculpture relief at top right] Citadel and Palace of Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1300 BC Lion Gate, detail of sculpture relief RIGHT: Minoan seal showing worship of Great Goddess, sixteenth century BC, line tracing Citadel and Palace of Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1600-1250 BC Grave Circle A Citadel and Palace of Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1330 BC Treasury of Atreus, dromos Citadel and Palace of Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1330 BC Treasury of Atreus, cutaway Citadel and Palace of Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1330 BC Treasury of Atreus, section and plan Citadel and Palace of Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1330 BC Treasury of Atreus, entrance Citadel and Palace of Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1330 BC Treasury of Atreus, entrance reconstruction (RIGHT) Citadel and Palace of Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1330 BC Treasury of Atreus, interior Citadel and Palace of Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1330 BC Treasury of Atreus, cutaway [NOTE: corbel dome] Citadel and Palace of Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1330 BC Treasury of Atreus, interior at time of Schliemann?s excavation Citadel and Palace of Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1330 BC Treasury of Atreus, interior reconstruction Gold funerary mask, from Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece, beaten gold, ca. 1600-1500 BC Heinrich and Sophia Schliemann at the Trojan Exhibition, Berlin, 1881