The Harvester's Vase Analysis

One of the finest relief sculptures that had been created around 1500 BCE was the The Harvester’s Vase. The vase structure was created out of black steatite and it had an appearance comparatively to an ostrich egg. The low relief vase depicts a group of harvesters in profile view, singing and walking with harvesting tools on their shoulders. One particular harvester, that was singing and shaking an Egyptian percussion instrument, ribs are exaggerated to an extent where scholars have hypothesized that an interest in the muscular system could have originated from how possibly loud the figure was singing. The other harvesters depicted on the vase also show signs of muscular activity on their shoulder region, legs and thighs. This was the first time in Aegean history that an artist showed interest in the human anatomy and groups of people singing. Not only was there interest in the emphasis to the musculature system but also to the unique architecture that arose from the Mycenaean’s. One of the largest sculptures in the Prehistoric Aegean was the creation of The Lion Gate. Dating back to 1300 BCE, the Lion Gate was possibly designed to defend any intruders who dared to pass which can be
The dome like structure was created around 1250 BCE for the purpose of burials for people that possessed great wealth and power. From viewing the entrance of the dome, an immense doorway stands tall in height but decreases in width while going up. The inside is very spacious and within it lies the actual burial chamber. Similarly to Lions Gate, the method of using two posts and a lintel is apparent in the dome and a triangle is formed from the technique called corbelling. Scholars have said that the massive stones were cut and shaped to such angles of precision that at the top of the dome lies a capstone. Tholos Tomb remained one of the largest domical spaces until the pantheon in