Minoan Bull-Leaper

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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 BC. 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

Original illustration by Mark Cartwright. Uploaded by , published on under the following license: Copyright. You cannot use, copy, distribute, or modify this item without explicit permission from the author.

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