Minoan Bull-Leaper

Mark Cartwright

by Mark Cartwright
published on 22 May 2012

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Minoan Bull-Leaper — An ivory figurine representating a bull-leaper from a three dimensional composition (with two other figures and a bull) depicting this Minoan sporting or religious activity. Hair would have been added using bronze wire and clothes in gold leaf, 1600-1500 BCE. It is perhaps the earliest known attempt in sculpture to capture free movement in space. (Archaeological Museum Herakleion) Sakellarakis J.A. (2005) Herakleion Museum Guide, Athens: Ekdotike Athenon

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Mark Cartwright

Mark is WHE’s Publishing Director and has an MA in Political Philosophy (University of York). He is a full-time researcher, writer, historian and editor. Special interests include art, architecture and discovering the ideas that all civilizations share.

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