Ancient Mediterranean Art

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Detail of the fresco of the Blue Ladies about B. Minoan women from the Palace of Knossos, Crete.Illustrates a group of three women of high esteem in rich costumes who aim at the retention. Ancient, Art Show, Culture Art, Art, Ancient Art, Ancient Cultures, Ancient Greek Art, Art History, Ancient Paintings
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Minoan fresco. - what a beautiful image.

Ancient Minoan art, 1600 B. - Akroteri Fresco - Note the beaded jewelry! Not only adorning her, but also the necklace she holds in her hand (Hmm, Minoan frescoes. etsy for the ancients? Ancient, Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Culture Art, Art, Ancient Art, Ancient Cultures, Ancient Greek Art, Art History
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ancient Minoan art, 1600 B.C. - Akroteri Fresco

This beautiful ancient fresco was found in a small house northwest of the Knossos Palace with richly decorated walls. It is called the House of the Frescoes, Knossos, Crete. History Painting, Ancient, Culture Art, Old Art, Painting, Minoan, Art, Ancient Art, Fresco
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World History: Ancient History: Minoans: Minoan Garden Fresco

This beautiful fresco was found in a small house northwest of the palace with richly decorated walls. It is called the House of the Frescoes. The second fresco is in the Caravanserai, a probable reception hall at the south of the palace. Some of the rooms have baths and the walls are decorated with wall paintings.

Unique, handmade painting reproductions are handcrafted replicas of ancient frescoes and wall art. Art gifts of ancient Egypt and Minoan Greece. Ancient, Prehistoric Art, Egyptian Art, Art, Ancient Art, Ancient Cultures, Ancient Greek Art, Art History, Ancient Paintings
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Handpainted Greek & Egyptian Art Replicas

The Procession of Ladies: From our Akrotiri Collection which features frescos from the ancient Minoan City of Akrotiri on the island Santorini. The most popular interpretation of this wall-painting suggests a religious significance. An alternative interpretation is that this wall-painting celebrates an important event in the life of the a missing figure.

Ceiling painting from the palace of Amenhotep III. New Kingdom, Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. featuring heads of Apis the Bull God in the pattern.

Ceiling painting from the palace of Amenhotep III | New Kingdom | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Ceiling painting from the palace of Amenhotep III. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, reign of Amenhotep III, ca. 1390-1353 B.C.

Minoan Fresco Tile "The Prince with Lillies". between 1700 and 1400 BCE. Mosaic Tile Art, Ancient, Culture Art, Greek Art, Art, Mediterranean Art, Ancient Art, Ancient Cultures, Art History
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The Prince with Lillies, a Minoan fresco tile

Labrys shaped kilt, fr Jones 'Imports' Pl CLXXX f, g. Greek History, Ancient History, Historical Costume, Historical Clothing, Ancient Greek Clothing, Minoan Art, Bronze Age Civilization, Mycenaean, Creta
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Calendar House: Chapter 4 - Forms of Time

How does an actual 8½-year lunar-solar cycle reveal the mysteries of Minoan time? How do symbols such as spirals, S-forms, and the wheeled X or cross relate to lunar-solar cycles, and what Minoan artifacts reveal their understandings of the rhythms of Saros eclipses?

Haute Couture from Minoan and Mycenaean Civilizations at Hellenic Museum

Haute Couture from Minoan and Mycenaean Civilizations at Hellenic Museum

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Minoan vase ~ about 1500 BC click the image or link for more info. Fine Art Jewelry, Ancient Pottery, Ceramics, Art Reproductions, Minoan Art, Art, Ancient Art, Ancient Cultures, Ancient Artifacts
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Minoan vase ~ about 1500 BC

EgyptSearch Forums: A European population in Minoan Bronze Age Crete Egyptian Art, Greek Art, Traditional Paintings, Art, Ancient Art, Ancient Aliens, Art History, Ancient Artifacts, Ancient Paintings
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A European population in Minoan Bronze Age Crete

Minoan fresco I Saffron gatherer Ancient, Culture Art, Art, Mediterranean Art, Ancient Art, Ancient Cultures, Fresco, Ancient Greek Art, Ancient Paintings
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Minojski kostim (Krit i Mikena)

Kritsko – mikenska ili, kako se još zove, minojska civilizacija, razvila se u Egejskom moru, na ostrvu Kritu i, kasnije, na Peloponezu, u Mikeni. Smatra se da je Krit naseljen u VI milenijumu p.n.e…

Minoan character design, Stasha Gacpar

a returning commissioner reached out to me asking to work on a character page for his story, and to do the redesign for the female figure which I had already been commissioned to do a few years back. this is what we ended up with!

Reproduction of the "Shield frieze" fresco, Restored by Emile Gilliéron père, in 1911 or early watercolor on paper, Mycenaean

Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age

Reconstruction of the “Shield Frieze” fresco, Knossos. 1911, Emile Gilliéron père.

greek-museums: “ Archaeological Museum of Thebes “ Offering gifts to the goddess Main element of the Mycenaean religious ritual was the procession of female worshippers towards the shrine, the temple,. Ancient, Ancient Egypt, Culture Art, Sketch Painting, Minoan, Mediterranean Art, Ancient Art, Female Deity, Art And Architecture
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Archaeological Museum of Thebes “Offering gifts to the goddess Main element of the Mycenaean religious ritual was the procession of female worshippers towards the shrine, the temple, or the altar of...

Fresco of decorative patterns in the form of rosettes from the bronze age excavation at Akrotiri on the island of Santorini

Rosettes

Fresco from the Prehistoric Site of Akrotiri (c) www.therafoundation.org/

Johann Stegmeir for the opera IDOMENEO - Chorus Men and Women, sketches and photos These designs are based on the many Minoan frescos on the island of Crete. The colors and patterns are rich and bold, capturing the spirit of these ancient peoples.

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Idomeneo (Chorus). San Jose Opera. Costume design by Johann Stegmeir. 2012

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