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July 14, 2010
Philip P. Betancourt Introduction to Aegean Art Philadelphia: INSTAP Academic Press, 2007. 220 pp.; 12 color ills.; 169 b/w ills. Paper $36.00 (9781931534215)
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Senta C. German Performance, Power and the Art of the Aegean Bronze Age Oxford: Archaeopress, 2005. 118 pp.; 112 b/w ills. Paper $67.50 (9781841716930)

 
CrossRef DOI: 10.3202/caa.reviews.2010.78

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Philip B. Betancourt’s Introduction to Aegean Art, as its title suggests, presents a concise, up-to-date introduction to the art and culture of the Greek Bronze Age, ca. 3000–1000 BCE. Prehistoric Aegean art encompasses three distinct cultural realms: Minoan, Cycladic, and Helladic/Mycenaean. Narrative explanations of the origin of Western art often depict the art of these cultures as a vital link between the early artistic works of Ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian civilizations and the later...