Geometric templates used in the Akrotiri (Thera) wall-paintings

Antiquity

Volumn 82, Issue 316, 2008, Pages 401-408

  Papaodysseus, C ^a   Panagopoulos, M ^a   Rousopoulos, P ^a   Galanopoulos, G ^a   Doumas, C ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Akrotri Excavations   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean; Bronze Age; Crete; Cyclades; Fresco; Geometry; Images; Thera; Wall painting

Indexed keywords

EID: 45749098980     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00096897     Document Type: Article

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