In The Bull Leaping

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A piece of artwork I find exceptionally fascinating and stimulating is the painting Bull Leaping. This art piece was originally created around the years of 1450 to 1375 BCE. The fresco happens to be one of Knossos most famous paintings depicting themes most prominent to Minoan art. Minoan painters worked on much larger scales; the murals would cover entire walls of rooms and would commonly have geometric borders, views of nature and scenes of human activity. Due to its significant age, there has been restoration; specifically the panel being restored from excavated fragments. “The pieces were painstakingly sorted and cleaned by restorers and reassembled. The areas with color have been used in the reconstruction to fill in the gaps, making it obvious which bits are the restored portions, but still allowing the viewers to have a sense of the original image” (Stokstad & Cothren 87). …show more content…

The border consists of squares and circles that line all four edges of the mural. I think the border consisting of squares and circles have an emphasizing effect on the mural by centering what is most significant. After I notice the border, my eyes are immediately drawn to what is inside the border. Having a strong, visible border makes it easier to focus on what it is that is being enclosed. The figures in the center of the painting are two women, one male and one bull. The women are both on opposite sides of the bull; one being in front of the bull and the other is behind the bull. The man in painting appears to be jumping or leaping over the middle of bull’s body. “Archaeologists and anthropologists have studied the Bull Leaping fresco for centuries. Many say that this form of ‘bull leaping’ is purely decorative or metaphorical. Some scholars say the fresco represents a cultural or religious event, and not a display of athletic skill” (Sue, “Bull

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