Marine style octopus jar, Palikastro (Crete), Greece. 1500 BCE. Minoan. 11" high pottery a
Marine style octopus jar, Palikastro (Crete), Greece. 1500 BCE. Minoan.
- 11" high
- pottery a hallmark of prehistoric art
- minoans responsibile for creating the potter’s wheel. allows for greater height, thinness, and gracefulness of form.
- last purely minoan style known
- marine style - dark figure on light round vessel. two toned and perfect combination of form and function.
- horror vacui - the fear of open space. very crowded with design elements.
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