Figure from the Cyclades, popularized by it's appearance at the Athens 2004 olympic games oppening ceremony

Aegean art refers to art that was created in the Grecian and Persian lands surrounding, and the islands within, the Aegean Sea. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1930x2925, 1402 KB) Description Modification de media:Head figurine Spedos Louvre Ma2709. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1930x2925, 1402 KB) Description Modification de media:Head figurine Spedos Louvre Ma2709. ... The Cyclades, from the Greek Κυκλάδες, (circular, modern Greek Kykládes; see also List of traditional Greek place names) form an island group south-east of the mainland of Greece. ... The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad were held in Athens, Greece, over a period of 17 days from August 13 to August 29, 2004. ... Winged Victory of Samothrace exihibited in the Louvre. ... Motto: Freedom or Death (Greek: Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος) Anthem: Hymn to Freedom (Ύμνος εις την Ελευθερίαν) Capital Athens Largest city Athens Official language(s) Greek Government President Prime Minister Parliamentary republic1 Károlos Papoúlias Kóstas Karamanlís Independence From the Ottoman Empire - Declared  25 March 1821 - Recognized 1829 Area  â€¢ Total  â€¢ Water (%)   309,050 (including lakes... The term Persian Empire refers to a series of historical empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau. ... The Aegean Sea. ...

Included in the category Aegean art is Mycenaean art, famous for its gold masks, war faring imagery and sturdy architecture consisting of citadels on hills with walls up to 20 feet thick and tunnels into the bedrock, the art of the cyclades, famous for its simple "Venus" figurines carved in white marble, and Minoan art which is famous for its animal imagery, images of harvest, and light, breezy, unwarlike architecture which is almost the antithesis of the Mycenaean art. Taking all this into account, the term "Aegean Art" is thought of as contrived among many art historians due to the fact that it includes the widely varying art of very different cultures that happened to be in the same area around the same period. The Cyclades, from the Greek Κυκλάδες, (circular, modern Greek Kykládes; see also List of traditional Greek place names) form an island group south-east of the mainland of Greece. ...

In the Bronze Age, about 2800–1100 BC. Despite cultural interchange by way of trade with the contemporaneous civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia, the Aegean cultures developed their own highly distinctive styles.

Minoan woman statue

The elegant art of the Aegean figurines has recently been used at the 2004 Summer Olympics,held at Athens; specifically, during the opening ceremony and as the original idea behind the games mascots: Athina and Fivos. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (361x911, 41 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Knossos ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (361x911, 41 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Knossos ... Minoan may refer to the following: The Minoan civilization The (undeciphered) Eteocretan language The (undeciphered) Minoan language The script known as Linear A An old name for the Mycenean language before it was deciphered and discovered to be a form of Greek. ... The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad were held in Athens, Greece, over a period of 17 days from August 13 to August 29, 2004. ... Athens (Greek: Αθήνα Athína IPA ) is the capital of Greece and one of the most famous cities in the world. ... The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad were held in Athens, Greece, over a period of 17 days from August 13 to August 29, 2004. ... The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad were held in Athens, Greece, over a period of 17 days from August 13 to August 29, 2004. ...

The Athens 2004's mascots were based on this clay model at the National Archaelogical Museum

This type of figurines are furthermore particulary intriguing, because of the high resemblance they excibit with modern sculptures (e.g. in Henry Moore's works). Download high resolution version (600x800, 46 KB)Model at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. ... Download high resolution version (600x800, 46 KB)Model at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. ... The Games of the XXVIII Olympiad were held in Athens, Greece, over a period of 17 days from August 13 to August 29, 2004. ... An Italian Futurist sculpture by Umberto Boccioni at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City (MoMA). ... Reclining Figure (1951) outside the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, is characteristic of Moores sculptures, with an abstract female figure intercut with voids. ...

See also

• History of art
• Greek art
• Persian art

History of art usually refers to the history of the visual arts. ... The Charioteer of Delphi, Delphi Archaeological Museum. ... Iran is filled with tombs of poets and musicians, such as this one belonging to Rahi Moayeri. ...

External links

• Aegean Page