Aegean Art and Architecture

1: Introduction: Aegean Art and Architecture The environment; Discovering the Aegean World; Art and art history; Objectives; Organization. 2: The Neolithic Period and the Prepalatial Early Bronze Age Settlements; Burial practices. 3: The First Palace Period Middle Bronze Age palaces and villas; The vernacular tradition in Greece and Crete; Ritual practices; Summary. 4: The Second Palace Period Public art, private art, and the palatial architectural style; The Second Palaces: Knossos, Phaistos, Gournia, and Kato Zakro; Minoan villas: function and design; The terminology and typology of Minoan palatial buildings; The Minoan and Mycenaean spheres of influence; Religious practices; Burial practices. 5: Mycenaean Domination and the Minoan Tradition The Mycenaean palace at Pylos; The Mycenaean palace at Knossos; Haghia Triadha and Kommos; The continuation of Minoan building techniques in the Third Palace Period; Burial practices; The Mycenaean shrine at Phylakopi; The circuit walls at Mycenae and Tiryns. 6: Conclusion: Disruptions, (Dis)Continuities, and the Bronze Age The eastward migration of Aegean traditions; The international style; Cyprus, Palestine, and the Peoples of the Sea; Tradition and transformation; What goes around comes around: Daedalus returns to Crete. Notes; List of Illustrations; Bibliographic Essay; Timeline; Index