The story of art throughout the ages; an illustrated record (1904)
Reinach, Salomon, 1858-1932, Simmonds, Florence · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 48
00-1500B.C.). 3rd. The Mycenajan Period,the only one known to Schliemann,which seems, in certain respects, tohave been the age of the Minoan de-cadence; it is characterised by a veryoriginal style of painted pottery, deco-rated with plants and animals (b.c.1500-1100). These civilisations, form-ing… … nC. 38.—YOUNG CRETAN GIRL. Fresco from the Palace of Cnossus (Crete).(Museum, Candia.) had come about, analogous to theruin of the Roman Empire by theBarbarians. Certain warlike tribesfrom northern Greece, the Doriansamong others, destroyed the My-cenaean civilisation and plungedGreece once more…
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