Book contents
- The Art and Archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age
- The Art and Archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Introduction
- Part I Aegean Neolithic Art
- Part II The Art of the Aegean Early Bronze Age
- Part III Aegean Art in the Cretan First Palace Period
- Part IV Aegean Art in the Second Palace Period
- Part V Aegean Art in the Cretan Second Palace Period
- Part VI Aegean Art in the Final Palatial Period of Knossos
- Part VII Aegean Art of the Mainland Mycenaean Palatial Period
- Part VIII Aegean Art at the End of the Bronze Age
- Chapter 50 Artworks in Context
- Chapter 51 Architecture at the End of the Bronze Age
- Chapter 52 Figures, Figurines, and Anthropomorphic and Zoomorphic Vases
- Chapter 53 Jewellery and Metalwork
- Chapter 54 Pictorial Art and Vase Painting
- Chapter 55 Mycenaean Art and Its Legacy
- Afterword Aegean Art Through Forgers’ Eyes
- References
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Chapter 50 - Artworks in Context
The Historical Framework
from Part VIII - Aegean Art at the End of the Bronze Age
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 May 2022
- The Art and Archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age
- The Art and Archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Introduction
- Part I Aegean Neolithic Art
- Part II The Art of the Aegean Early Bronze Age
- Part III Aegean Art in the Cretan First Palace Period
- Part IV Aegean Art in the Second Palace Period
- Part V Aegean Art in the Cretan Second Palace Period
- Part VI Aegean Art in the Final Palatial Period of Knossos
- Part VII Aegean Art of the Mainland Mycenaean Palatial Period
- Part VIII Aegean Art at the End of the Bronze Age
- Chapter 50 Artworks in Context
- Chapter 51 Architecture at the End of the Bronze Age
- Chapter 52 Figures, Figurines, and Anthropomorphic and Zoomorphic Vases
- Chapter 53 Jewellery and Metalwork
- Chapter 54 Pictorial Art and Vase Painting
- Chapter 55 Mycenaean Art and Its Legacy
- Afterword Aegean Art Through Forgers’ Eyes
- References
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Summary
The period that runs from the fall of the palaces until the end of the Bronze Age around 1050 bc is still, overall, a troubled one that is marked, on the mainland as in the islands of the Aegean, by multiple destructions. These have allowed for the differentiation of several phases, thanks to changes in pottery. The longest period, Late Helladic (LH) IIIC, is most often subdivided into three phases (Early, Middle, Late). The first, very short phase corresponds to the immediate aftermath of the destruction. The second, LH IIIC Middle, characterised by new ceramic styles (P. Mountjoy, in Deger-Jalkotzy and Zavadil 2007, 221–42), looks like a short-lived ‘renaissance’; at Mycenae and Tiryns, it has even been divided into two subphases (LH IIIC Middle developed and LH IIIC Middle advanced). The third sees a rapid decline in the previous styles.
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- The Art and Archaeology of the Aegean Bronze AgeA History, pp. 487 - 490Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022