Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Early Western World
6. Mediterranean (Early Western World)
7. Aegean
8. Aegean periods
9. Aegean Bronze Age periods
10. Minoan

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the intermediate phase of Minoan art and culture, according to the classification system devised by the archaeologist, Arthur Evans. It is characterized by modeled clay figures in the form of animals or humans that display emotions, pottery decoration that is polychrome and composed of increasingly complex curvilinear and foliate designs, and the construction of palaces. It overlaps with the Protopalatial period.