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Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece, interior view, tholos vault, view toward entrance.
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Title
Treasury
of
Atreus
,
Mycenae
,
Greece
,
interior
view
,
tholos
vault
,
view
toward
entrance
.
Date
1300-1250 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
Burials
Burial mounds
Mounds
Tombs
Tholos tombs
Chamber tombs
Interior views
Eye-level views
Rooms
Ceilings
Vaults (structural elements)
Corbel vaults
Domes (architectural element)
Beehive domes
Interior walls
Walls
Doorways
Entrances
Relieving arches
Arches
Architectural elements
Subject
Architecture
Archaeological sites
Death & burial
Funerary facilities
Mounds (Burials)
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Interiors
Rooms & spaces
Ceilings
Vaults (Architecture)
Domes
Walls
Doors & doorways
Arches
Architectural elements
Description
"The
Lion
Gate
at
Mycenae
and the
towering
fortification
wall
circuit
of
which
it
formed
a
part
were
constructed
a
few
generations
before
the
presumed
date
of the
Trojan
War
. At that
time
,
wealthy
Mycenaeans
were
laid
to
rest
outside
the
citadel
walls
in
beehive-shaped
tombs
covered
by
enormous
earthen
mounds
. The
best
preserved
of these
tholos
tombs
is
the
so-called
Treasury
of
Atreus
,
which
already
in
antiquity
was
mistakenly
believed
to be the
repository
of the
treasure
of
Atreus
,
father
of
Agamemnon
and
Menelaus
.
Approached
by a
long
passageway
(dromos)
, the
tomb
chamber
was
entered
through
a
doorway
surmounted
by a
relieving
triangle
similar
to that
employed
in the
roughly
contemporary
Lion
Gate
. The
tholos
is
composed
of a
series
of
stone
corbeled
courses
laid
on a
circular
base
and
ending
in a
lofty
dome
. The
builders
probably
constructed
the
vault
using
rough-hewn
blocks
.
After
they
set
the
stones
in
place
, the
masons
had to
finish
the
surfaces
with
great
precision
to
make
them
conform
to
both
the
horizontal
and
vertical
curves
of the
wall
. The
principle
involved
is
no
different
from that of the
corbeled
gallery
of
Tiryns
. But the
problem
of
constructing
a
complete
dome
is
much
more
complicated
, and the
execution
of the
vault
in the
Treasury
of
Atreus
is
much
more
sophisticated
than that of the
vaulted
gallery
at
Tiryns
.
About
43
feet
high
, this
is
the
largest
known
vaulted
space
without
interior
supports
that had
ever
been
built
. The
achievement
was not
surpassed
until
the
Romans
constructed
the
Pantheon
almost
1,500
years
later
using
a
new
technology
-
concrete
construction
-
unknown
to the
Mycenaeans.
"
(Excerpt
,
p.99)
Location Depicted
Mycenae (Extinct city)
Greece
Material
Stone (rock)
Rock
Measurements
Approx. 43' high
Work Type
Architecture
Archaeological sites
Tombs & sepulchral monuments
Mounds (Burials)
Rooms & spaces
Vaults (Architecture)
Domes
Source
Kleiner, Fred S., and Christin J. Mamiya. Gardner's Art Through the Ages. 12th ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2005. (fig.4-22, p.99)
Rights
Photo credit/reproduced in Kleiner courtesy:© Vanni Archive/Corbis.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC
498-09.jpg
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