1450-1000 BC
The art of fresco painting at Knossos is best represented by the depiction of two gryphons adorning the throne room, and by "La Parisienne", originally part of a larger composition of a religious nature.
A further example of particular artistic expression is the decorated stone larnax (sarcophagus) from Agia Triada, with its depictions of offerings to the dead.
Several elements of decoration and shape in pottery and vase painting are indicative of Mycenaean influence. Decoration is both austere and schematic, this new style being known as "palatial".
Among others, typical vessel shapes include large amphorae, the Ephyraean kylix and the pyxis.
The stone "larnax" (sarcophagus) from Agia Triada, 1450 B.C. - 1000 B.C. (Heraklion Archaeological Museum)
The gryphon fresco adorning the Throne Room at Knossos, 1450 B.C. - 1000 B.C. (Palace at Knossos, Heraklion Archaeological Museum)
The "Parisienne" fresco, 1450 B.C. - 1000 B.C. (Heraklion Archaeological Museum)
Three-handled Palace style clay amphora, 1450 B.C. - 1000 B.C. (Heraklion Archaeological Museum)
Clay libation prochous, 1450 B.C. - 1000 B.C. (Heraklion Archaeological Museum)
Palace style clay squat jug, 1300 B.C. (Heraklion Archaeological Museum)
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