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Title
Tiryns
,
Greece
,
Citadel
,
walls
,
corbeled
gallery
.
Date
1400-1200 BCE?
Cultural Context
Mycenaean
Greek
Ancient Greek
Aegean
European
Western European
Style/Period
Mycenaean
Greek (ancient)
Prehistoric
Bronze Age
Theme
Architecture (object genre)
Archaeological sites
Ruins
Cities
Citadels
Forts
Fortifications
Fortresses
Walls
City walls
Defensive walls
Interior views
Interior walls
Arches
Corbel arches
Corbel vaults
Vaults (structural elements)
Galleries (upper level spaces)
Architectural elements
Eye-level views
Subject
Architecture
Archaeological sites
Ruins
Cities & towns
Forts & fortifications
Walls
City walls
Interiors
Arches
Vaults (Architecture)
Galleries (Upper level spaces)
Architectural elements
Description
"The
heavy
walls
of
Tiryns
and
other
Mycenaean
palaces
contrast
sharply
with the
open
Cretan
palaces
and
clearly
reveal
their
defensive
character
. Those of
Tiryns
average
about
20
feet
in
thickness
, and in
one
section
they
house
a
long
gallery
covered
by a
corbeled
vault
. Here the
builders
piled
the
large
,
irregular
Cyclopean
blocks
in
horizontal
courses
and then
cantilevered
them
inward
until
the
two
walls
met
in a
pointed
arch
.
No
mortar
was
used
, and the
vault
is
held
in
place
only
by the
weight
of the
blocks
(often
several
tons
each)
, by the
smaller
stones
used
as
wedges
, and by the
clay
that
fills
some
of the
empty
spaces
. The
primitive
but
effective
vaulting
scheme
possesses
an
earthy
monumentality.
"
(Excerpt
,
pp
.
96
,
98)
Location Depicted
Tiryns (Extinct city)
Greece
Material
Cyclopean masonry
Masonry
Stonework
Stone (rock)
Rock
Clay
Work Type
Architecture
Archaeological sites
Ruins
Cities & towns
Citadels
Forts & fortifications
Walls
City walls
Source
Kleiner, Fred S., and Christin J. Mamiya. Gardner's Art Through the Ages. 12th ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2005. (fig.4-17, p.97)
Rights
Photo credit/reproduced in Kleiner courtesy: Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC
850-01.jpg
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