What You Will Learn about the Art of the Early Aegean

In Module Four we will examine the culture of the Early Aegean with a focus on the art of the Cyclades, Crete (Minoan) and the Mycenean Empire.

Learning Activities

The learning activities for this module include:

• READ: Key Learning Terms (5 minutes)
• READ: Early Aegean Art: An Outline (5 minutes)

Cycladic Art

• READ: Early Cycladic Art and Culture Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History (10 minutes)
• WATCH: Cycladic: Harp Player  from the Early Cycladic Period (4:21 minutes)

Minoan

• READ: Minoan Crete Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History (10 minutes)
• WATCH: Minoan: Frescoes from Akrotiri, Thera (5:35 minutes)
• WATCH: Mycenean: The Palace and Grave Circle A, Mycenae, c. 1600-1100 B.C.E. (4:13 minutes)

Mycenean

• READ: Mycenean Art Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History (10 minutes)
• WATCH: Mycenean: Mask of Agamemnon, Mycenae, c. 1550-1500 B.C.E. (3:51 minutes)
• WATCH: Mycenean: Lion Gate, Mycenae, c. 1300-1250 B.C.E. (6:38 minutes)
• WATCH: Mycenean: The Treasury of Atreus, c. 1300-1250 B.C.E., Mycenae, Greece (4:09)

Total: 1 hours and 29 minutes