Tiryns, Greece, Citadel, walls, corbeled gallery.
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Title |
Tiryns, Greece, Citadel, walls, corbeled gallery. |
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Date |
1400-1200 BCE? |
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Cultural Context |
Mycenaean
Greek
Ancient Greek
Aegean
European
Western European |
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Style/Period |
Mycenaean
Greek (ancient)
Prehistoric
Bronze Age |
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Subject |
Archaeological sites
Ruins
Cities & towns
Forts & fortifications
City walls
Interiors
Arches
Vaults (Architecture)
Galleries (Upper level spaces) |
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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) |
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Location Depicted |
Tiryns (Extinct city)
Greece |
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Material |
Cyclopean masonry
Masonry
Stonework
Stone (rock)
Rock
Clay |
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Work Type |
Architecture
Archaeological sites
Ruins
Citadels
Forts & fortifications
City walls |
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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) |
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Rights |
Photo credit/reproduced in Kleiner courtesy: Erich Lessing/Art Resource, NY. |
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Digital Publisher |
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center |
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Format |
image/jpeg |
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Digital File Name |
VRC 850-01.jpg |
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