Mycenaean Art and Society in the Late Bronze Age Aegean

这篇论文的目的是用艺术的方法来研究青铜时代晚期爱琴海的身份和社会动态。目前还没有对爱琴海艺术进行深入的调查，将背景、内容和风格纳入一系列人工制品类别的考虑范围。我选择把重点放在青铜时代晚期，因为它允许探索随着时间的推移而变化的艺术实践。这一时期跨越了600多年（约公元前1700年至公元前1050年），包括迈锡尼宫殿文明的兴衰以及克里特岛新宫殿时期的结束。我想说的是，“艺术”这个在爱琴海考古学中经常被搁置的类别，是一个有意义的分析工具，可以帮助我们更好地理解青铜时代晚期不断变化的社会动态。在这段时间里，艺术是如何被使用的，大量的图像实现了什么目的？通过选择代表性的例子，包括各种不同媒体中的具象和非具象艺术作品，本论文旨在开发新的方式来看待和解释青铜时代晚期的艺术，超越“米诺瓦化”和“迈锡尼化”。

This thesis aims to take an artistic approach to identity and social dynamics in the Late Bronze Age Aegean. There has not yet been an in-depth survey of Aegean art that takes context, content and style into consideration across a range of artefactual categories. I have chosen to focus on the Late Bronze Age, because it allows for an exploration of changing artistic practices over time. This period spans more than 600 years (ca. 1700-1050 BCE), encompassing the rise and fall of Mycenaean palatial civilisation as well as the end of the Neopalatial period on Crete. I would like to argue that 'art', a category often set aside in Aegean archaeology, is a meaningful analytical tool that can help us better understand the shifting social dynamics of the Late Bronze Age. How was art used and what purposes did the multitude of images fulfil during this time? Using a selection of representative examples, including both figurative and non-figurative artworks in a range of different media, this thesis aims to develop new ways of looking at and interpreting the art of the Late Bronze Age, beyond 'Minoanisation' and 'Mycenaeanisation'.