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Summary
Object
anonymous : Bull-Leaping Fresco | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist | |||||||||||||||||||||
Title |
label QS:Les,"Fresco de la taurocatapsia"
label QS:Lfr,"Scène de taurokathapsia"
label QS:Lca,"Fresc de la taurocatàpsia"
label QS:Lpl,"Tauromachia"
label QS:Lzh,"躍牛壁畫"
label QS:Lnl,"Bull-Leaping Fresco"
label QS:Lde,"Stiersprung-Fresko"
label QS:Lel,"Ταυροκαθάψια"
label QS:Lbe,"Гульні з быком"
label QS:Lit,"Affresco della taurocatapsia"
label QS:Lru,"Акробаты с быком"
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Part of | Palace of Knossos | ||||||||||||||||||||
Object type | fresco | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | Minoan civilization | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 )
institution QS:P195,Q636972
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Date |
circa 1550
BC
date QS:P,-1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
/ circa 1450
BC
date QS:P,-1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Minoan civilization (3300 BC
date QS:P,-3300-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
/ 20
th
century
BC
date QS:P,-1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
–circa 1100
BC
date QS:P,-1100-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
)
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Medium | fresco and fresco painting | ||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 70 cm (27.5 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,+70U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q636972
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Place of discovery | Knossos | ||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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References | http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/4/eh430.jsp?obj_id=7915 ( English ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Photograph
Description Bull leaping minoan fresco archmus Heraklion (cropped).jpg | ||||
Date | ||||
Source | Own work | |||
Author | Jebulon | |||
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