Introduction to Aegean Art

by Philip P. Betancourt

This textbook is a compilation of the author's more than 35 years of teaching and excavation experience in the field of Aegean Bronze Age art history and archaeology. It is geared toward an audience of undergraduate and graduate students as an introduction to the Bronze Age art objects and architecture that have been uncovered on Crete, the Greek peninsula, and the Cycladic Islands.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Aegean Bronze Age Art; 2. The Aegean The Early Bronze Age; 3. Early Minoan EM I to EM III/MM IA; 4. The Greek Peninsula in the Early Bronze EH I to EH III; 5. The Minoan Palatial MM IB to LM IB; 6. The Aegean MC to LC IA; 7. The Greek MH to LH IIA; 8. Mycenaean LH IIB to LH III; 9. The Mycenaean Period in the Cyclades and LC II to III and LM II to III.

Genres: Nonfiction, History, Art

252 pages, Paperback

First published December 12, 2007

About the author

Philip P. Betancourt (born 1936 as Felipe Pablo Andreas Betancourt) is an American archaeologist, author, and a specialist in the Aegean Bronze Age. He was the Laura H. Carnell Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Temple University's Tyler School of Art and was an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pennsylvania in the Graduate Group in the Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World and the Department of the History of Art. He previously served as the Director of the Institute for Aegean Prehistory. Betancourt received his Ph.D. in Archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2007.

Reviews

[Linniegayl · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this for a class in Greek Art and Archaeology. It's filled with photos (primarily black-and-white) of artifacts from the Aegean Bronze Age and covers the Helladic Region, the Cycladic Region, and the Minoan Region.

I found the book informative, but it was rather dry reading, which I suppose is appropriate for a book primarily used as a text. At the end of each chapter is a reading list that I will undoubtedly check out in the future.

[Chris Lockhart · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an appropriate and well-researched introduction to Aegean art. I read this as a required text in Art and Architecture of the Greek Bronze Age, a college Art History course. Thoough this book was good, I felt that the other required text, Aegean Art and Architecture, was better.

(sometimes with ratings I have difficulty with books for classes. I would give this 4 stars for actual quality, 3 stars for how much I personally liked it.)