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§ 4-8. Restoration of Palace after M. M. Ill b Earthquake: Work
of Reconstitution. Influence of Catastrophe on Structure and Artistic
Development.
Regional limitations of Earthquake ; Parts of Knossian Palace supported
by Cutting in hillside; South Corridor destroyed and abandoned; Ruin of
West Section; Contrast with Phaestos; Rubble strticture of rebuilt inner
walls; Later wholesale abstraction of limestone masonry from exterior; Yet
many remains of tipper floors; Work of Reconstitution—use of reinforced
concrete; Restored upper elements—concrete beams; Copies of 'Cup-bearer'
Fresco and ' Priest-King Relief' replaced in position; Revival of Early
Minoan method of plastering whole wall ascribed to effects of Earthquake ;
Larger -pictorial scope thus gained; Examples from H. Triada ; Narrow
bands, however, above dadoes survive; Great painted stucco reliefs—The Priest-
King, &c.; Bull-grappling reliefs already known in Middle Palace, but new
impulse now given to such large works ; High reliefs of restored East Hall—
acme of plastic art; Bull-grappling reliefs of North Entrance; Survival of
stone-reliefs with half-rosettes andtriglyphs; M. M. I lib ' Medallion Pithoi'
in West Magazines ; Continuity of Culture not affected by great Catastrophe ;
Rapid recovery and rebuilding—restored Palace still ceramically M. M. IILb,
though Tabula rasa created favours evolution of new ciiltural pkase;
Artistic reactions of XVIII Dyn. Egyptia7i influence already visible in
frescoes ; Transitional style, linking M. M. Illb and L.M. la.
We have seen that the phenomena presented by the South-East Palace Regional
Angle conclusively point to a seismic cause for the great overthrow that t^Tof
befell the Palace and surrounding Town during the later phase of the Third eart£
Middle Minoan Period. How far inland or along the coast this catastrophe
may have extended it is not easy to say, but it would appear from the many
records already cited, including the curious discoveries that resulted at Knossos
from the great earthquake of Nero's time, that this region was particularly
subject to such visitations. There is, on the other hand, no evidence that
the particular overthrow towards the close of M. M. Ill extended to
Phaestos, though the Palace there had undoubtedly shared with Knossos an
earlier destruction about the end of M. M. II. The Palace of Phaestos, as
quake.
of Reconstitution. Influence of Catastrophe on Structure and Artistic
Development.
Regional limitations of Earthquake ; Parts of Knossian Palace supported
by Cutting in hillside; South Corridor destroyed and abandoned; Ruin of
West Section; Contrast with Phaestos; Rubble strticture of rebuilt inner
walls; Later wholesale abstraction of limestone masonry from exterior; Yet
many remains of tipper floors; Work of Reconstitution—use of reinforced
concrete; Restored upper elements—concrete beams; Copies of 'Cup-bearer'
Fresco and ' Priest-King Relief' replaced in position; Revival of Early
Minoan method of plastering whole wall ascribed to effects of Earthquake ;
Larger -pictorial scope thus gained; Examples from H. Triada ; Narrow
bands, however, above dadoes survive; Great painted stucco reliefs—The Priest-
King, &c.; Bull-grappling reliefs already known in Middle Palace, but new
impulse now given to such large works ; High reliefs of restored East Hall—
acme of plastic art; Bull-grappling reliefs of North Entrance; Survival of
stone-reliefs with half-rosettes andtriglyphs; M. M. I lib ' Medallion Pithoi'
in West Magazines ; Continuity of Culture not affected by great Catastrophe ;
Rapid recovery and rebuilding—restored Palace still ceramically M. M. IILb,
though Tabula rasa created favours evolution of new ciiltural pkase;
Artistic reactions of XVIII Dyn. Egyptia7i influence already visible in
frescoes ; Transitional style, linking M. M. Illb and L.M. la.
We have seen that the phenomena presented by the South-East Palace Regional
Angle conclusively point to a seismic cause for the great overthrow that t^Tof
befell the Palace and surrounding Town during the later phase of the Third eart£
Middle Minoan Period. How far inland or along the coast this catastrophe
may have extended it is not easy to say, but it would appear from the many
records already cited, including the curious discoveries that resulted at Knossos
from the great earthquake of Nero's time, that this region was particularly
subject to such visitations. There is, on the other hand, no evidence that
the particular overthrow towards the close of M. M. Ill extended to
Phaestos, though the Palace there had undoubtedly shared with Knossos an
earlier destruction about the end of M. M. II. The Palace of Phaestos, as
quake.