Landscape and bird fresco from House Delta 2
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Landscape and bird fresco from House Delta 2 See all items with this value
Title
Landscape and bird fresco from House Delta 2 See all items with this value
Description
The bottom section is a rocky landscape with an irregular series of outcroppings. Dark lines suggest striations in the rock, but the color is more artificially applied, with irregular bands of blue, red, and yellow
painted vertically on the rocks. Clinging to the rocks are lilies that sway and bend in different directions. In the air are several flying swallows, painted with strokes of dark paint on the light wall and a dab of red for the head. The curving lines have a calligraphic quality, making the looping tails and uneven wings convincing naturalistic representations of birds turning and twisting in three dimensions as they fly. Called the Spring Fresco, it has been pointed out that the birds’ behavior belongs to a later season in the year as the adult birds feed their offspring in mid-flight. (Stansbury-O'Donell A History of Greek Art p. 40) See all items with this value
painted vertically on the rocks. Clinging to the rocks are lilies that sway and bend in different directions. In the air are several flying swallows, painted with strokes of dark paint on the light wall and a dab of red for the head. The curving lines have a calligraphic quality, making the looping tails and uneven wings convincing naturalistic representations of birds turning and twisting in three dimensions as they fly. Called the Spring Fresco, it has been pointed out that the birds’ behavior belongs to a later season in the year as the adult birds feed their offspring in mid-flight. (Stansbury-O'Donell A History of Greek Art p. 40) See all items with this value
Place name
Akrotiri See all items with this value
Subject
landscape fresco
Citation for images from the web
Landscape and bird fresco from House Delta 2, Akrotiri, LC IA. Athens, National Archaeological Museum. Photo: National Archaeological Museum, Athens (George Fafalis) © Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports/Archaeological Receipts Fund.
