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title: Minoan Bull-Leaper
author: Mark Cartwright
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/674/minoan-bull-leaper/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Minoan Bull-Leaper

_Authored by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/)_

## Image File

[![Minoan Bull-Leaper](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/674.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/674.jpg)

## Image Caption

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

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## About the Author

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.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Cartwright, M. (2012, May 22). Minoan Bull-Leaper. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/674/minoan-bull-leaper/>
### Chicago
Cartwright, Mark. "Minoan Bull-Leaper." *World History Encyclopedia*, May 22, 2012. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/674/minoan-bull-leaper/>.
### MLA
Cartwright, Mark. "Minoan Bull-Leaper." *World History Encyclopedia*, 22 May 2012, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/674/minoan-bull-leaper/>.

## License & Copyright

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