It came from the entertainment of bull-jumping, where entertainers did a less-pernicious variant of today's bull-fighting by undertaking gymnastics over a bull's back in an arena. This artwork is visible in Minoan buildings which have survived.
In Minoan art, the bull is associated with male virility and strength.
It was a bull.
Sir Athur Evans discovered it in Minoan ruins
minoan art was created for the sake of art itself
A major disturbannce, an earthquake, or perhaps an invasion ended Minoan art at about 1700 BC
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In Minoan art, the bull is associated with male virility and strength.
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It was a bull.
Sir Athur Evans discovered it in Minoan ruins
minoan art was created for the sake of art itself
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A major disturbannce, an earthquake, or perhaps an invasion ended Minoan art at about 1700 BC
Yes. Men and women were both bull jumpers
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Jutta Beate Wohlfeil has written: 'Die Bildersprache minoischer und mykenischer Siegel' -- subject(s): Antiquities, Art, Minoan, Art, Mycenaean, Minoan Art, Mycenaean Art, Seals (Numismatics)
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The phrase "palace style" refers to the most well preserved examples of Minoan art. Palace style art consists of pottery with stylized nature motifs, discovered at the palace of Knossos on Crete.