Gardner's Art Through the Ages, 12th ed.

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Chapter 4 : Minos and the Heroes of Homer: the Art of the Prehistoric Aegean

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Plate 1 — Jgc-1014
Title: Cycladic (Spedos-type) Figure
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 2400 BCE
View: Total from front
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 2400 BCE
Plate 3 — Jca-0001
Title: Palace of Minos at Knossos
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1700-1400 BCE
View: General view: site, Palace complex from the hill, Hagios Elias. View W
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1700-1400 BCE
Plate 5 — Jca-0002
Title: Palace of Minos at Knossos
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1550-1520 BCE
View: Grand Staircase of the E Wing, lower level (1994)
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1550-1520 BCE
Plate 6 — Jgc-0987
Title: 'La Parisienne' fragment of the Libation Fresco
Creator(s):
Date: 1500-1450 BCE
View: Total
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: 1500-1450 BCE
Plate 7 — Jgc-0984
Title: The Fresco of the Bull-leapers
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1500 BCE
View: Total
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1500 BCE
Plate 10 — Jgc-0909
Title: Kamares style Beaked Jug
Creator(s):
View: Total from front center
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Plate 11 — Jgc-0960
Title: Vase in the Marine style with Octopi
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1500 BCE
View: Total
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1500 BCE
Plate 12 — Jgc-0973
Title: The Hagia Triada Sarcophagus
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1400 BCE
View: Overall view of the second long side, with figures holding offerings and instruments
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1400 BCE
Plate 13 — Jgc-0937
Title: The Harvester's Vase
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1550-1500 BCE
View: Overall view, with harvester looking over his shoulder
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1550-1500 BCE
Plate 13 — Jgc-0939
Title: The Harvester's Vase
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1550-1500 BCE
View: harvester holding a sistrum
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1550-1500 BCE
Plate 14 — Jgc-0925
Title: Snake Goddess
Creator(s):
Date: 1600-1580 BCE
View: Total
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: 1600-1580 BCE
Plate 16 — Jga-0588
Title: The Western Ramparts of the Citadel at Tiryns
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1400-1200 BCE
View: Massive curved outwork of Western Ramparts with Postern Gate, View E
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1400-1200 BCE
Plate 17 — Jga-0090a
Title: Upper Portions of the Mycenaean Citadel at Tiryns
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1400-1200 BCE
View: View into the main corbeled gallery
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1400-1200 BCE
Plate 20 — Jga-0078
Title: Lion Gate, Mycenae
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1250 BCE
View: Lions, lintel and doorway
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1250 BCE
Plate 21 — Jga-0518
Title: The so-called 'Treasury of Atreus,' located SW of Citadel
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1300-1250 BCE
View: Total view of Tholos entry beneath earth mound, at end of long dromos, view W.
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1300-1250 BCE
Plate 22 — Jga-0548
Title: The so-called 'Treasury of Atreus,' located SW of Citadel
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1300-1250 BCE
View: Interior doorway façade with innermost lintel cut to match both the horizontal and vertical curve of the wall
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1300-1250 BCE
Plate 23 — Jgc-1210
Title: Funerary Mask
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1600-1500 BCE
View: Total from front center
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1600-1500 BCE
Plate 25 — Jgc-1211
Title: Head of a Sphinx (?)
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1300-1250 BCE
View: Total from front center
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1300-1250 BCE
Plate 26 — Jgc-1213
Title: Warrior Vase
Creator(s):
Date: ca. 1200 BCE
View: Total from front
Vendor: Saskia, Ltd.
Date: ca. 1200 BCE

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