For the Bull-leaper: A detail from the "Toreador" fresco. (http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200604/images/murex/article5_img5.jpg) Shows the colors --- clear blue, rich red-brown, warm white--- and what a female bull-leaper would wear. This poor statuette is badly weathered (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:The_Bull_Leaper_Knossos_1500BC.jpg), but it gives an idea of the lithe grace of a bull-leaper. The "Priest-King" fresco. (http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Minoan/ThMinoan3.jpg) Included here for the clothes, the tight wide belt, the codpiece, and the way his loincloth falls along his near thigh. Ignore the flounced thing on his far leg for the moment. A page about bull-leaping (http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Arts/MinoanBullJump.htm). Includes the 'Toreador' fresco, a diagram of a jump, and a piece of recent art. A figurine of a male worshipper (http://www.scholarsresource.com/images/thumbnails/192/j/jgc0943.jpg). Not a great picture, but it shows the clothing and stature. From the same site (http://www.scholarsresource.com/browse/period/53), Jewelry of gold beads (http://www.scholarsresource.com/images/thumbnails/192/j/jgc0936.jpg) and suchlike.
For Death, the Minoan Lady: Two images of the (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Snake_Goddess_Crete_1600BC.jpg/250px-Snake_Goddess_Crete_1600BC.jpg) Snake Goddess Figurine (http://inanna.virtualave.net/minoan9.jpg); A couple of (http://cache.virtualtourist.com/1079132-Travel_Picture-The_Minoan_Serpent_Goddess.jpg) modern reproductions (http://www.magus-paganus.com/MinoanSnakeGoddess.jpg). Note the wide tight belt, once again, and the small waist curving out to the wide hips. A surprising number of modern depictions omit that, I don't know why. A palace scene (http://www.thomasbakerpaintings.com/images.html/minoan_costumes/knossos_palace_scene.jpg) and a detail from it (http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/2020/minoan20board9dq.jpg) painted by a current artist. I like this reconstruction except for the 'quilted' texture of the cloth on the sleeves. Yes, that's a persnickety detail, I know. Digital art of a Minoan lady watching the Thera eruption (http://elainemeinelsupkis.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/minoan_volcano_eruption_big.jpg). I quite like this image, and this is kind of the style I'm thinking of, a colored drawing rather than a painting. The 'La Parisienne' fresco fragment. (http://www.bath.ac.uk/news/images/minoan.jpg) The thing on the back of her neck is a sacral knot, if you were wondering. A fresco called the 'Ladies in Blue' (http://www.dilos.com/region/crete/ladyblue.html) (the source of this icon). Note the curving rows of beads in their hair. Another image of the same fresco. (http://www.hellenic-art.com/statues/blueladies.htm)
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Date: 2008-07-17 04:14 pm (UTC)A detail from the "Toreador" fresco. (http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200604/images/murex/article5_img5.jpg) Shows the colors --- clear blue, rich red-brown, warm white--- and what a female bull-leaper would wear.
This poor statuette is badly weathered (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:The_Bull_Leaper_Knossos_1500BC.jpg), but it gives an idea of the lithe grace of a bull-leaper.
The "Priest-King" fresco. (http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Minoan/ThMinoan3.jpg) Included here for the clothes, the tight wide belt, the codpiece, and the way his loincloth falls along his near thigh. Ignore the flounced thing on his far leg for the moment.
A page about bull-leaping (http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/Arts/MinoanBullJump.htm). Includes the 'Toreador' fresco, a diagram of a jump, and a piece of recent art.
A figurine of a male worshipper (http://www.scholarsresource.com/images/thumbnails/192/j/jgc0943.jpg). Not a great picture, but it shows the clothing and stature.
From the same site (http://www.scholarsresource.com/browse/period/53), Jewelry of gold beads (http://www.scholarsresource.com/images/thumbnails/192/j/jgc0936.jpg) and suchlike.
For Death, the Minoan Lady:
Two images of the (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Snake_Goddess_Crete_1600BC.jpg/250px-Snake_Goddess_Crete_1600BC.jpg) Snake Goddess Figurine (http://inanna.virtualave.net/minoan9.jpg); A couple of (http://cache.virtualtourist.com/1079132-Travel_Picture-The_Minoan_Serpent_Goddess.jpg) modern reproductions (http://www.magus-paganus.com/MinoanSnakeGoddess.jpg). Note the wide tight belt, once again, and the small waist curving out to the wide hips. A surprising number of modern depictions omit that, I don't know why.
A palace scene (http://www.thomasbakerpaintings.com/images.html/minoan_costumes/knossos_palace_scene.jpg) and a detail from it (http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/2020/minoan20board9dq.jpg) painted by a current artist. I like this reconstruction except for the 'quilted' texture of the cloth on the sleeves. Yes, that's a persnickety detail, I know.
Digital art of a Minoan lady watching the Thera eruption (http://elainemeinelsupkis.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/minoan_volcano_eruption_big.jpg). I quite like this image, and this is kind of the style I'm thinking of, a colored drawing rather than a painting.
The 'La Parisienne' fresco fragment. (http://www.bath.ac.uk/news/images/minoan.jpg) The thing on the back of her neck is a sacral knot, if you were wondering.
A fresco called the 'Ladies in Blue' (http://www.dilos.com/region/crete/ladyblue.html) (the source of this icon). Note the curving rows of beads in their hair. Another image of the same fresco. (http://www.hellenic-art.com/statues/blueladies.htm)