Wordless Wednesday - Priest-King Fresco
Wednesday September 10, 2008
Priest-King or Prince of Lilies (or something else entirely) Fresco From Knossos Public Domain. Courtesy of Wikimedia.
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Priest-King or Prince of Lilies (or something else entirely) Fresco From Knossos Public Domain. Courtesy of Wikimedia.
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It still amazes me every time I see one of these exquisite works of art from the ancient world.
More cool Minoan art! I love the mystery surrounding this fresco.
it has a certain elegance about it
Hmm… It’s a very ambiguous piece, isn’t it? Although I suppose that the Minoans likely would have known exactly who he/she was and what was going on in the picture. Intriguing, very intriguing.
The fresco wasn’t in one piece when it was reconstructed. The head may go with another figure.
i always love painting especially this one!
What a physique! I never would have guessed that all the parts might not fit together like they are here. Seems cohesive to me.
It looks like a fairytale illustration. Makes me want to know the story behind it.
The figure is holding a rope in his left hand. Could he be leading an animal?
This person is def. a man. I just wonder what his costume looked like when viewed from the front. Was that sexy slit on his left leg also on the right leg?? Were the waits of young boys bound so as to cause their rib cage to bow in and make such a small waist? I want to know!
Yes, he could be leading an animal. Perhaps a bull.
In the famous bull-leaping fresco with three figures, two white and one red, all have the same wedge shaped top, yet two are traditionally viewed as women and the red one as a male. The absence of a full frontal view of this figure coupled with the information that it was put together from bits and pieces make it less than 100% clear that it’s male.