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Summary
Object
anonymous: Bull-Leaping Fresco
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Toreador Fresco (Bull-Leaping Fresco)  |
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Palace of Knossos |
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| Object type |
fresco |
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| Genre |
Minoan civilization |
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| Description |
English: The bull-leaping fresco, original. Found in Knossos palace, Crete, Greece. It dates around 1600 - 1450 BCE. Part of a five-panel composition, the iconic Toreador Fresco depicts an acrobat at the back of a charging bull. A second figure prepares to leap, while a third waits with arms outstreched. The event may have resemnled the Course alandaise of modern southwest France. Bulls feature centrally in Knossian icongraphy and may have acted as a symbol of Knossian power. The central court may have served as an arena for bull-sports, although it was barely large enough Français : La fresque de tauromachie, original. Trouvé au palais de Cnossos, Crète, Grèce. (1600 - 1450 BCE )
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| Date |
circa 1550 BC / circa 1450 BC Minoan civilization (3300 BC / 20th century BC–circa 1100 BC) |
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| Medium |
fresco and fresco painting |
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| Dimensions |
height: 70 cm (27.5 in) |
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| Place of discovery |
Knossos |
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| References |
http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/4/eh430.jsp?obj_id=7915 (English) |
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Photograph
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