DOI Page / Citation link:
https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.807#0566
§26. M. M. Ill : (L) Minoan Fresco: Wall Paintings and Reliefs.
Painted Plaster Reliefs—imitated in those of faience; Dating of the
mural reliefs ; The Jewel Relief fragment—part of a life-size toilet scene;
Probably derived from Columnar Hall above Pillar Crypts; M.M. Ill
frescoes on the flat; Scenes of Bull Ring; The Minoan Fresco process;
Early Minoan plaster partly structural; Advanced Middle Minoan
technique; Stucco layers—thinner on Gypsum; Stucco Reliefs; Analysis of
material—Subterranean Quarry whence obtained; 'Labyrinth' of Gortyua
compared; Early Minoan Red facing; Pigments ?ised in later frescoes—the
Egyptian Blue; True fresco process on wet plaster; Pure caustic lime
plaster,—a lost Art ; Artistic Shorthand of Miniature Frescoes; M.M. Ill
Frescoes of S.E. House ; The Lily Fresco ; Olive sprays ; Spikelets of Reeds—
masterpieces of Naturalistic Art. Parallels from H. Tidada ; The Cat and
Pheasant fresco—parallels at Knossos ; Free adaptation of Nilotic Scenes ;
Flying Pish Fresco, Phylakopi—work of Knossian School; Dolphin Fresco of
Queen s Megaron—M. M. Ill; Connexions of Fish Frescoes ; Fine fresco
designs of female forms by Knossian hand in Melos ; The 'Ladies in Blue';
' Notched plume' decoration on votive arrows; On wings of Sphinxes and
Griffins ; Combined with asterisk—a stellar symbol; Asterisks on stucco face
of Sphinx; Notched plume motive on skirts of Goddess; Degenerations of
notched plume motive ; Its occurrence on hearths at Knossos and Mycenae.
Painted The beautiful relief panels of the Palace faience, such as those described
Reliefs *n Prececnn& Section, must be regarded as the correlatives of contemporary
, . . compositions of monumental character executed in painted plaster. It
Imitated \ 11
inthoseof has indeed been already noted that the group of the Cow and Calf shown in
Fig. 367 above is placed over an architectonic base, the alternating light and
dark bands of which reproduce a usual convention of variegated stonework.
In Fip". 368 a^ain is oriven a faience console, with similar bands, that had
clearly acted as a support for a relief panel like the other. We shall see
that such supports were actually found with the remains of the ' Griffin
Frieze', described below in connexion with the L.M. I East Hall of the
Palace.1
See Vol. II.
Painted Plaster Reliefs—imitated in those of faience; Dating of the
mural reliefs ; The Jewel Relief fragment—part of a life-size toilet scene;
Probably derived from Columnar Hall above Pillar Crypts; M.M. Ill
frescoes on the flat; Scenes of Bull Ring; The Minoan Fresco process;
Early Minoan plaster partly structural; Advanced Middle Minoan
technique; Stucco layers—thinner on Gypsum; Stucco Reliefs; Analysis of
material—Subterranean Quarry whence obtained; 'Labyrinth' of Gortyua
compared; Early Minoan Red facing; Pigments ?ised in later frescoes—the
Egyptian Blue; True fresco process on wet plaster; Pure caustic lime
plaster,—a lost Art ; Artistic Shorthand of Miniature Frescoes; M.M. Ill
Frescoes of S.E. House ; The Lily Fresco ; Olive sprays ; Spikelets of Reeds—
masterpieces of Naturalistic Art. Parallels from H. Tidada ; The Cat and
Pheasant fresco—parallels at Knossos ; Free adaptation of Nilotic Scenes ;
Flying Pish Fresco, Phylakopi—work of Knossian School; Dolphin Fresco of
Queen s Megaron—M. M. Ill; Connexions of Fish Frescoes ; Fine fresco
designs of female forms by Knossian hand in Melos ; The 'Ladies in Blue';
' Notched plume' decoration on votive arrows; On wings of Sphinxes and
Griffins ; Combined with asterisk—a stellar symbol; Asterisks on stucco face
of Sphinx; Notched plume motive on skirts of Goddess; Degenerations of
notched plume motive ; Its occurrence on hearths at Knossos and Mycenae.
Painted The beautiful relief panels of the Palace faience, such as those described
Reliefs *n Prececnn& Section, must be regarded as the correlatives of contemporary
, . . compositions of monumental character executed in painted plaster. It
Imitated \ 11
inthoseof has indeed been already noted that the group of the Cow and Calf shown in
Fig. 367 above is placed over an architectonic base, the alternating light and
dark bands of which reproduce a usual convention of variegated stonework.
In Fip". 368 a^ain is oriven a faience console, with similar bands, that had
clearly acted as a support for a relief panel like the other. We shall see
that such supports were actually found with the remains of the ' Griffin
Frieze', described below in connexion with the L.M. I East Hall of the
Palace.1
See Vol. II.