The Origin and Iconography of the Late Minoan Painted Larnax

Watrous, L. Vance

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“…102 from Chania; CMS V Suppl. 1B, 137 from Antheia in Messenia) to painted larnakes (Watrous 1991 with pls 83 b , 83 f , 84 e , 87 a , 92 d , 92 g , 92 h , 92 i ) and pottery.…”

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The Power of Images: Re-Examining the Wall Paintings From the Throne Room at Knossos

Galanakis

Tsitsa²,

Günkel-Maschek

2017

Annu. Br. Sch. Athens

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The aim of this paper is to re-examine the painted fragments discovered by Arthur Evans and his team in the Throne Room at Knossos in 1900. We have tried to integrate systematically the extant archival data stored in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford and the archaeological remains at Herakleion in an attempt to retrace the history of discovery of the paintings. In our view, the iconography of this programme places its execution at the onset of Late Minoan (LM) II. We see the inclusion of both ‘traditional’ (Neopalatial) and ‘innovative’ (Final Palatial) elements in the composition as suggestive of an attempt on behalf of the artist(s) and the commissioner(s) to blend artistic traditions in the creation of a new, yet still recognisable, image of power. We assess the implications stemming from this suggestion and interpret the decorative programme of the Throne Room at Knossos as part and expression of the emergence of the wanax ideology.

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“…102 from Chania; CMS V Suppl. 1B, 137 from Antheia in Messenia) to painted larnakes (Watrous 1991 with pls 83 b , 83 f , 84 e , 87 a , 92 d , 92 g , 92 h , 92 i ) and pottery.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Power of Images: Re-Examining the Wall Paintings From the Throne Room at Knossos

Galanakis

Tsitsa²,

Günkel-Maschek

2017

Annu. Br. Sch. Athens

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“…21–2; Kanta 1980, 84, 274–5; Betancourt 1985, 172–3, pl. 30A–B; Watrous 1991, 299–300, pl. 8 d ; D'Agata 2005, 116, fig.…”

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“… 58 Contra Watrous (1991, 298), who speaks of ‘funerary vases’, such as amphoroid kraters and alabastra. …”

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The Minoan Amphoroid Krater: From Production to Consumption

Crouwel

Morris

2015

Annu. Br. Sch. Athens

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This article focuses on a distinct type of clay vessel which formed part of both the Late Minoan and the Mycenaean repertoire: the amphoroid krater.In contrast to the Mycenaean version of the shape, with its often elaborate decoration of chariots and other pictorial designs, the Minoan amphoroid krater has up to now not received much attention. The present paper intends to redress this imbalance by exploring the origin and development of the Minoan amphoroid krater, its function(s) and its relationship with its Mycenaean counterpart.

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“…The main point of contention, therefore, has been to trace the origins of this wooden prototype, and three different sources – Egypt, Crete itself and the Greek mainland – have been proposed. Watrous’ argument for direct Egyptian inspiration (Watrous 1991) is problematic, partly because of the relative lack of evidence for direct and intensive influence from this area in other aspects of Cretan (and particularly Knossian) material culture in the Neopalatial and Final Palatial periods. Egyptian parallels of wooden chests occurring in the mortuary context are interesting, and knowledge of this practice through elite‐level trade and interaction may have facilitated the acceptance of the form at Final Palatial Knossos.…”

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“…There is a possibility that some coffins – most notably of the tub larnax and pithos types – were originally domestic artefacts and re‐used in the grave, given the occurrence of parallels in settlement contexts (e.g. Watrous 1991, 285 fn. 2; see also Muhly 1996, 209 fn.…”

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Contextualising the Larnax: Tradition, Innovation and Regionalism in Coffin Use on Late Minoan Ii–iiib Crete

Preston

2004

Oxford J Archaeology

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This paper analyses coffin use in the tombs of Late Bronze Age Crete in terms of both mortuary traditions on the island and regional variations in cultural practices. It argues that the revival of coffin use in the Final and Post-palatial periods (in ceramic terms, Late Minoan II-IIIB) constituted a recourse to an earlier burial custom within negotiations of rapidly changing mortuary practices across the island. However, this 're-invention' involved significant modifications to the form and significance of the coffin. The paper then explores spatial variations in choices of coffin types, as one potential window onto the issue of intra-island regionalism in social and cultural practices.

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The Origin and Iconography of the Late Minoan Painted Larnax

Cited by 27 publications

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The Power of Images: Re-Examining the Wall Paintings From the Throne Room at Knossos

The Power of Images: Re-Examining the Wall Paintings From the Throne Room at Knossos

The Minoan Amphoroid Krater: From Production to Consumption

Contextualising the Larnax: Tradition, Innovation and Regionalism in Coffin Use on Late Minoan Ii–iiib Crete

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