Minoan art

 Recently, I spoke of the Chauvet cave. (https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=2758842815612261477#editor/target=post;postID=1193871759634996639;onPublishedMenu=posts;onClosedMenu=posts;postNum=9;src=postname).  Old art work like this is quite fascinating.  It seems to speak on a primal level.  The prehistoric art is not the only one that have a curve appeal to me.  There is also the Minoans.  They have quite a vivid colorful painting.  They painted on their walls.  Here some example: https://www.google.ca/search?q=minoan+art&client=firefox-a&hs=N4L&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=mJDCU6LfNsGSyASWqIGgBA&ved=0CB0QsAQ

They had their own way with the brushes.  It was different from other culture of the time.  I like their choice of color.  It put some vividness to the subject they depicted.  It seems to come alive.  What astonish me the most is the human representation.  They seems to be more real than a picture.  There are profile, as in Egyptian art but it is different.  In Minoan painting, it seems to be a bit more refined.  I still like the Egyptian art but they seems to lack something that Minoan had successfully captured.

 I wonder if there is a connection between the Minoans and the Etruscans.  The Minoans were mainly in Crete.  Etruscans were in the north of Italy.  I think they weren't been around in the same time.  Both have vivid pictures.  The theme isn't quite the same.  The Etruscans seems interested in banquets.  The Minoans have more variety in their images.  Both have a beautiful palette of colors.  There are some very intense colors.  Here some images of Etruscans:
(https://www.google.ca/search?q=etruscans+art&client=firefox-a&hs=sj1&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=p5XCU9n2DM-zyAS29oCIBQ&ved=0CCsQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=842)

Ancient art have something very appealing.  I don't know why they appeal to me.  Is it a sense of mysteries.  The prehistoric cave Chauvet, the Minoans and the Etruscans are very mysterious.  Of the three, I think we know a bit more from the Minoans.  Even with that, we don't know all .  They mainly left beautiful work of art.  It deserve to be admired.