Evans, Arthur J.: The Palace of Minos: a comparative account of the successive stages of the early Cretan civilization as illustred by the discoveries at Knossos (Index) (London, 1936)

FRESCOES

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FRESCOES

Frescoes, Chronological Place, Transitional

M.M. III6-L.M. la (cont.)

-----------panels showing marked Egyptian

influence, n. 447-51 (blue monkeys,
papyrus thicket, 'desert belt')

-----------plant types and flowers, II, 455-9

(Coloured PL XI)

-----------Jet of Fountain, 11. 460-1, in. 254

— Partridge Frieze in Stepped Pavilion of
Caravanserai, II. 108-16 (n, Frontispiece)

-----------its date Transitional M.M. III6-

L.M. la, 11. 126
L.M. la:

— Palanquin Fresco, 11. 770-3; found with
L.M. la seal-impression, II. 767; its long-
robed priestly figures, iv. 398-401

— Reeds, swallow, and banded pebble,
S.W. House, n. 378, 379

— Shield Frescoes, I. 336, 337, in. 302,
304-14, iv. 6, 341, 735, 786, 881
(Coloured Plate XXIII)

-----------influence of on pottery, III. 309-

13

-----------supply model for Tiryns fresco

(on smaller scale: Malachite introduced),
in. 304-6

— Linear Script A on, n. 440-2

— Taureador Frescoes (largely included
in), in. 209-24, iv. 892, 893

— Dancing Lady, in. 369-73 (Coloured
PI. XV)

— Spiraliform Friezes of, in. 380-4; and
</• 333-8

— influence of on pottery, L.M. la, in.
308-13, 381; L.M. II, iv. 303, 339, 341

L.M. lb:

-------identical 'buds' on border bands of

Knossian and Tiryns Friezes, iv. 877 (cf.

Egyptian lotus designs)

— Procession Fresco (ascribed to L.M. lb
Palace), 1. 424,11.178,452, 683, 684, 708,
718 and Coloured PI. XII, 719, 757, in.

297> IV- 399. 88°

— Processional Friezes of S.W. Entrance
system related to parallel friezes of
Thothmes Ill's time (first half of 15th
cent. B.C.), 11. 719-48

— Parallel in processional female figures,
Kadmeion, Thebes, n. 748, 750

— Priest-king relief (combined with

Frescoes, Chronological Place, L.M. lb (cont.)
painting on the flat), 1. 772-90, n. 353,
427, 644, 685, 774-95 (Coloured PI.
Frontispiece, n. Pt. 2), iv. 6, 323, 400

-----------lilies on, compared with those of

L.M. la vases, n. 786, 787

-----------stylized Iris on, anticipation of

L.M. lb and L.M. II conventional
flowers on vases, I. 786, 787, IV. 323, 324

-----------butterfly on, compared with L.M.

la sealing, II. 788, 789

— painted stucco remains in and near Cor-
ridor of Procession, n. 718-36

-------similar figures showing tribute-
bearers from Keftiu on Egyptian tombs
of Thothmes Ill's time (Senmut, User-
amon, Puemra and Rekhmara), n. 736—

41
-------'Cup-bearer' fresco, I. 8, 550,11. 337,

353, 684,704-12 (Coloured PL XII, opp.

p. 707), 725-6
-------extension of processional scenes to

N.W. and E. Quarters of Palace, iv.

881

— Camp-stool fresco from N.W. Sanc-
tuary, 11. 605, iv. 359, 365, 379-96, 882
(Coloured PL XVI, after p. 384)

-----------reasons for placing it early in

L.M. lb, iv. 396

— finest of the Taureador frescoes pro-
bably of this Period, in. 211 (Coloured
PL XXI)

L.M. II:

— imitation intarsia work of borders in
some of the Taureador frescoes of latest
palatial Age allied to this style, in.
211

— Upper layer of Cowboy fresco in W.
Porch referred to, iv. 894, 895

— bull's foot from similar scenes, Ante-
chamber to Room of Throne, iv. 893

— 'The Captain of the Blacks' (found at
a higher level H. of Frescoes), n. 755-7
and Coloured PL XIII, opp. p. 756,
iv. 886-8

— late imitations of marble blocks on
dadoes beside Throne, iv. 895, 908 and
Coloured PL XXXII, opp. p. 910

-----------compared with those of Mycenae

and Tiryns, iv. 895