Minoan 'The Grandstand Fresco' 1500-1450 BCE

"Large-scale figure sculpture has not survived but there are many figurines in bronze and other materials. Early types in clay show the dress of the time with men (coloured red) wearing belted loincloths and women (coloured white) in long flowing dresses and open-fronted jackets."

-taken from ancient.eu

Modern recreation based on surviving fragments.

Detail of fragments.

Minoan 'The Grandstand Fresco' 1500-1450 BCE. The Archaeological Museum of Heraklion.

Full image of modern recreation.


Surviving original fragments.

Surviving original fragments.

Surviving original fragments.


Surviving original fragments.


Surviving original fragments.


Source:

https://twitter.com/EstoEsArgos/status/1219361717039267840

https://www.getty.edu/publications/artistryinbronze/artifacts/30-ferrence-giumlia-mair/

https://www.interkriti.org/crete_image_library/?keys=f3Knossos%20f3Findings&cnty=p3

https://isaw.nyu.edu/exhibitions/minoans/objects/grandstand-fresco

https://www.pinterest.cl/pin/782922716444978026/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/345229127680481313/

https://greek-museums.tumblr.com/post/144864294916

https://sarastamey.com/the-rambling-writer-returns-to-crete-part-15-thors-take-on-the-minoans/


Quote:

https://www.ancient.eu/Minoan_Civilization/

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