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Painted And Decorated Floors On The Greek Mainland And Crete In The Bronze Age, Ethel S. Hirsch
Painted And Decorated Floors On The Greek Mainland And Crete In The Bronze Age, Ethel S. Hirsch
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The colorful painted plaster decoration on the walls of the Bronze Age palaces and mansions of Crete and Mycenae is a well known architectural feature. It is less widely known that a great many stucco floors were painted as well. This probably is because the information regarding these floors is scattered through the archaeological reports and seldom receives separate treatment. Only in an article by G. Rodenwaldt, "Mykenische Studien," in JdI, XXXIV, 1919, 83-106, and in the chapter by R. Hackl, "Die Fussboden," in Tiryns II, 222-237, are decorated floors treated as a separate artistic entity. The Rodenwaldt article …