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Chapter 47 - Mycenaean Art and ‘International Art’

from Part VII - Aegean Art of the Mainland Mycenaean Palatial Period

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2022

Jean-Claude Poursat
Translated by
Carl Knappett
Jean-Claude Poursat
Affiliation:
University of Clermont-Ferrand
Carl Knappett
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
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Summary

There have been imports, imitations, and artistic transfers between the Aegean world and its neighbouring powers, whether Egypt or the Near East, in all periods (Smith 1965; Crowley 1989; Davies and Schofield 1995 ; Aruz 2008b; Aruz 2013). What is new between around 1400 and 1200 bc is the appearance of hybrid artworks, made of precious or semi-precious materials (gold, ivory, faience), that borrow their motifs from diverse sources to create an original style; they are subject to exchange among the elites of the Mediterranean world, accompany diplomatic relations (ambassadors, merchants, artists, dynastic marriages), and bear witness to an international culture.

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The Art and Archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age
A History
 , pp. 451 - 456
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Further Reading

Feldman, 2006: Feldman, M., Diplomacy by Design: Luxury Arts and an ‘International Style’ in the Ancient Near East, 1400–1200 BCE, Chicago, IL.Google Scholar
Gachet-Bizollon, 2007: Gachet-Bizollon, J., Les ivoires d’Ougarit, Paris.Google Scholar
Kantor, 1947: Kantor, H., The Aegean and the Orient in the Second Millennium B.C., Bloomington, IN.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Loud, 1939: Loud, G., The Megiddo Ivories, Chicago, IL.Google Scholar
Poursat, 1977b: Poursat, J.-C., Les ivoires mycéniens, Paris.Google Scholar

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