The Use of Symbols in Minoan and Mycenaean Iconography
| Thesis title in Czech: | Použití symbolů v minojské a mykénské ikonografii |
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| Thesis title in English: | The Use of Symbols in Minoan and Mycenaean Iconography |
| Key words: | Kréta|umění|doba bronzová|dvojbřitá sekera|osmičkový štít|posvátný uzel|konsekrační rohy |
| English key words: | Crete|art|Bronze Age|double axe|figure of eight-shaped shield|sacral knot|horns of consecration |
| Academic year of topic announcement: | 2018/2019 |
| Thesis type: | diploma thesis |
| Thesis language: | angličtina |
| Department: | Institute for Classical Archeology (21-UKAR) |
| Supervisor: | prof. PhDr. Peter Pavúk, Ph.D. |
| Author: | hidden - assigned and confirmed by the Study Dept. |
| Date of registration: | 11.02.2019 |
| Date of assignment: | 11.02.2019 |
| Administrator's approval: | not processed yet |
| Confirmed by Study dept. on: | 12.02.2019 |
| Date and time of defence: | 11.09.2020 09:00 |
| Date of electronic submission: | 07.08.2020 |
| Date of proceeded defence: | 11.09.2020 |
| Submitted/finalized: | committed by student and finalized |
| Opponents: | prof. Fritz Blakolmer |
| Guidelines |
| This thesis will conduct a profound study of the most common symbols that occur in the so-called Minoan and Mycenaean art, on Crete, mainland Greece and in their broader sphere of influence during the Bronze Age. Form methodological point of view, it will further develop the approach applied in the preceding bachelor thesis by the student, regarding one of the Minoan symbols, the sacral knot. Among other major signs studied in this work will be the double axe, the figure of eight-shaped shield and the horns of consecration.
The study will focus especially on the: 1. chronological evolution of the signs themselves 2. quantity and variability of used materials 3. depictions supplemented by these symbols The aim of this study will be to define a set of rules or schemes applied for the iconographic use of these symbols during the individual time periods and, finally, to outline interrelations, similarities but also differences among each of these signs. |
| References |
| Anastasiadou, M. 2011: The Middle Minoan three-sided soft stone prism. A Study of Style and Iconography. Corpus der minoischen und mykenischen Siegel, Beiheft 9.1. Mainz.
Cameron, M.A.S.1976: A general study of Minoan frescoes with particular reference to unpublished wall painting from Knossos. Newcastle. Corpus der minoischen und mykenischen Siegel. Berlin. Evans, A.J. 1921–1935: The Palace of Minos at Knossos. Volume I–IV. London. Jones, B.R.2015: Ariadne’s Threads. The Construction and Significance of Clothes in the Aegean Bronze Age. Aegaeum 38. Leuven-Liège. Lenuzza, V. 2012: Dressing Priestly Shoulders: Suggestions from the Campstool Fresco. In: Nosch M-L. – Laffineur R. (eds.): KOSMOS. Jewellery, Adornment and Textiles in the Aegean Bronze Age. Proceedings of the 13th International Aegean Conference/13e Rencontre égéenne internationale, University of Copenhagen, Danish National Research Foundation's Centre for Textile Research, 21-26 April 2010. Aegaeum 33. Leuven-Liège, 255–264. Marinatos, N. 1986: Minoan Sacrificial Ritual. Cult Practice and Symbolism. Skrifter utgivna av Svenska Institutet i Athen 8, IX. Stockholm. Marinatos, N.2010: Minoan Kingship and the Solar Goddess. A Near Eastern Koine. Chicago. Niemeier, W.-D.1985: Die Palaststikeramik von Knossos. Stil, Chronologie und Historischer Kontext. Berlin. Rehak, P.1992: Minoan Vessels with the Figure-Eight Shields. Antecedents to the Throne Room Alabastra. Opuscula Atheniensia XIX/9, 115–124. Rehak, P.1998: The Mycenaean Warrior Goddess Revisited. In: R. Laffineur (ed.): POLEMOS. Le contexte guerrier en Égée à l'Âge du Bronze. Actes de la 7è Rencontre égéenne international (Liège, 14-17 avril 1998) Aegaeum 19. Austin, 227–239. Woudhuizen, F. C.2016: Documents in Minoan Luwian, Semitic and Pelasgian. Amsterdam. |