La iconografía del Arte Micénico: símbolos del mundo prehelénico

The Iconography of Mycenaean Art: Symbols of the Pre-Hellenic World Series: Geography and History on Radio 3 Recording Date: February 25, 2018 Mycenaean art reflects Mycenaean society and its armed conflicts. It is not an idealized art; quite the opposite. The iconography of the frescoes, as well as that of Mycenaean seals and richly decorated weapons, all combined with what we know from Homeric texts, offers us a very complete picture of the world of the late Bronze Age in the Aegean, a world in which imagery held great power and undoubtedly served to transmit the ideology of the elite. Mycenaean art reflects Mycenaean society and its armed conflicts. It is not an idealized art; quite the opposite. The iconography of the frescoes, as well as that of Mycenaean seals and richly decorated weapons, all combined with what we know from Homeric texts, offers us a very complete picture of the world of the late Bronze Age in the Aegean, a world in which imagery held great power and undoubtedly served to transmit the ideology of the elite. Mycenaean art reflects Mycenaean society and its armed conflicts. It is not idealized art, but rather the opposite. The iconography of the frescoes, as well as that of Mycenaean seals and richly decorated weapons, all combined with what we know from Homeric texts, offers us a very complete picture of the world of the late Bronze Age in the Aegean, a world in which imagery held great power and undoubtedly served to transmit the ideology of the elite. Mycenaean art reflects Mycenaean society and its armed conflicts. It is not idealized art; quite the contrary. The iconography of the frescoes, as well as that of Mycenaean seals and richly decorated weapons, all combined with what we know from Homeric texts, offers us a very complete picture of the world of the late Bronze Age in the Aegean, a world in which imagery held great power and undoubtedly served to transmit the ideology of the elite. Mycenaean art reflects Mycenaean society and its armed conflicts. It is not idealized art; quite the contrary. The iconography of the frescoes, as well as that of Mycenaean seals and richly decorated weapons, all combined with what we know from Homeric texts, offers us a very complete picture of the world of the late Bronze Age in the Aegean, a world in which imagery held great power and undoubtedly served to transmit the ideology of the elite. Mycenaean art reflects Mycenaean society and its armed conflicts. It is not idealized art, but rather the opposite. The iconography of the frescoes, as well as that of Mycenaean seals and richly decorated weapons, all combined with what we know from Homeric texts, offers us a very complete picture of the world of the late Bronze Age in the Aegean, a world in which imagery held great power and undoubtedly served to transmit the ideology of the elite. Mycenaean art reflects Mycenaean society and its armed conflicts. It is not idealized art; quite the contrary. The iconography of the frescoes, as well as that of Mycenaean seals and richly decorated weapons, all combined with what we know from Homeric texts, offers us a very complete picture of the world of the late Bronze Age in the Aegean, a world in which imagery held great power and undoubtedly served to transmit the ideology of the elite. Mycenaean art reflects Mycenaean society and its armed conflicts. It is not idealized art; quite the contrary. The iconography of the frescoes, as well as that of Mycenaean seals and richly decorated weapons, all combined with what we know from Homeric texts, offers us a very complete picture of the world of the late Bronze Age in the Aegean, a world in which imagery held great power and undoubtedly served to transmit the ideology of the elite. Participants: Inmaculada Vivas Sainz, Professor of Art History, UNED Clara Gómez Sánchez, Writer and Presenter, UNED Media, UNED Video available at: https://canal.uned.es/video/5a8d165bb...