From the land of the labyrinth : Minoan Crete, 3000-1100 B.C.

Contributor(s): Στέγη Γραμμάτων και Τεχνών-Ωνασείου ΙδρύματοςMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: [New York, N.Y.] : Published by the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA) in collaboration with the Hellenic Ministry of Culture, the Archaeological Museums of Crete, c2008Description: 2 v. : col. ill., col. maps ; 30 cmISBN: 9780977659821 (pbk.); 0977659828 (pbk.)Other title: Minoan Crete, 3000-1100 B.CSubject(s): Art, Minoan -- Greece -- Crete -- Exhibitions | Crete (Greece) -- Antiquities -- ExhibitionsLOC classification: N5660 | .F76 2008Online resources: Table of contents
Contents:
[v.1.] Catalogue: Pots and potters; Masterpieces in stone -- In the domain of the craftsman -- Warriors and weaponry -- Alimentation and aromatics -- Scripts and weights -- Seal engraving: great art in miniature -- Jewels for life and death -- The colorful world of murals -- Religion and ritual practice -- Beyond life: a glance into the afterworld -- [v.2] Essays: The natural setting / Peter Warren -- The rise of civilization / Peter Warren -- The Minoan palaces / Giorgos Rethemiotakis -- Palatial architecture : the creation of a sophisticated urban society / Clairy Palyvou -- From mythical Minos to the search for Cretan kingship / Christos Boulotis -- Minoan art and archaeology / Philip P. Betancourt -- Shepherds and farmers, craftsmen and artists / Lefteris Platon -- The art of Cretan writing / Christos Boulotis -- Minoan religion : deities, sanctuaries, and cults / Giorgos Rethemiotakis -- Children and adolescents in Minoan Crete / Irini Papageorgiou -- Athletes and sports / Lefteris Platon -- Minoans and the Mediterranean / Jean-Claude Poursat -- Minoan Crete and the Aegean : interactive relations / Giorgos Rethemiotakis -- Resources for life : from food to aromatics / Maria Andreadaki-Vlazaki -- Morbidity and medical practice in Minoan Crete / Photini J.P. McGeorge -- Community and the individual in death : burial practices in the Neopalatial and Postpalatial periods / Nota Dimopoulou-Rethemiotaki -- Minoan beliefs of the afterlife / Nanno Marinatos -- The epiloque of a palatial world : Minoan civilization after the great palaces (14th-11th century B.C.) / Athanasia Kanta -- The history of the excavations / Andonis Vasilakis.
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Oversized N5660.F76 2008 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) 1 v.1 Available 0013124172
Book Book University of Macedonia Model School Library
Oversized N5660.F76 2008 (Browse shelf (Opens below)) 1 v.2 Available 0013124171

Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Onassis Cultural Center, New York, Mar. 13-Sept. 13, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (Catalogue, p. 282-295 ; Essays, p. 162-175).

[v.1.] Catalogue: Pots and potters; Masterpieces in stone -- In the domain of the craftsman -- Warriors and weaponry -- Alimentation and aromatics -- Scripts and weights -- Seal engraving: great art in miniature -- Jewels for life and death -- The colorful world of murals -- Religion and ritual practice -- Beyond life: a glance into the afterworld -- [v.2] Essays: The natural setting / Peter Warren -- The rise of civilization / Peter Warren -- The Minoan palaces / Giorgos Rethemiotakis -- Palatial architecture : the creation of a sophisticated urban society / Clairy Palyvou -- From mythical Minos to the search for Cretan kingship / Christos Boulotis -- Minoan art and archaeology / Philip P. Betancourt -- Shepherds and farmers, craftsmen and artists / Lefteris Platon -- The art of Cretan writing / Christos Boulotis -- Minoan religion : deities, sanctuaries, and cults / Giorgos Rethemiotakis -- Children and adolescents in Minoan Crete / Irini Papageorgiou -- Athletes and sports / Lefteris Platon -- Minoans and the Mediterranean / Jean-Claude Poursat -- Minoan Crete and the Aegean : interactive relations / Giorgos Rethemiotakis -- Resources for life : from food to aromatics / Maria Andreadaki-Vlazaki -- Morbidity and medical practice in Minoan Crete / Photini J.P. McGeorge -- Community and the individual in death : burial practices in the Neopalatial and Postpalatial periods / Nota Dimopoulou-Rethemiotaki -- Minoan beliefs of the afterlife / Nanno Marinatos -- The epiloque of a palatial world : Minoan civilization after the great palaces (14th-11th century B.C.) / Athanasia Kanta -- The history of the excavations / Andonis Vasilakis.

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