Fresco fragment with reeds



Fresco fragment with reeds

ΑΑ00005
Plaster
Incomplete
Α: 15X12 cm. Β: 16Χ8 cm.
Knossos
House of the Frescoes
Middle-Late Bronze Age, Neopalatial period. Middle Minoan ΙΙΙΒ-Late Minoan ΙΑ period:
1650-1500 BC:
Gallery:
XIII
Case:
144
Exhibition thematic unit:
Minoan wall paintings
The world of nature
Description
Joining fresco fragments from the House of the Frescoes depict dense reeds in dark yellowish-brown on a buff and blue ground. Both the reeds themselves and the blue ground indicate that the presence of water in the landscape. The fresco fragments from the South House at Knossos, dated to Middle Minoan III, are among the earliest depictions of reeds in Minoan fresco art. Iconographically, they are usually a supplementary motif in landscape scenes. They are also found in a fresco from the Unexplored House and a miniature frieze from Katsambas.
Bibliography:
Chapin, Anne P. "A re-examination of the Floral Fresco from the Unexplored Mansion at Knossos1." Annual of the British School at Athens 92 (1997): 1-24.
Author:
K. A.


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