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 styles
9. Aegean pottery styles
10. Minoan pottery styles

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to a style of Late Minoan pottery that developed around 1500 BCE under the patronage of rulers in the new palaces, and then spread through exports to the Cyclades and the Greek mainland. It is characterized by inventiveness and naturalism in painted decoration that typically includes depictions of argonauts, starfish, coral shells, octopuses, seaweed, and other details of underwater life.