MINOAN-ANATOLIAN RELATIONS IN MYCENAEAN ARCHITECTURE AND MONUMENTAL SCULPTURE OF 1400–1200 BC

The architecture of Mycenaean Greece, i. e. monuments of the Achaean period, is an integral part of the Aegean civilization in general, as well as an independent, original line in the architectural history of the Mediterranean. Mycenaean architecture has common features with the Minoan and Cretan architecture of the 2nd millennium BC, which allows us to talk about their unity; at the same time it is distinguished by a sufficient number of features related not only to the terrain and climate, but also to the applicable construction methods and techniques, planning principles and imaginative solutions which provide evidence of active relations with the Anatolian territories and traditions. There are works of art of the Mycenaean culture, in which the Minoan and Anatolian traditions intersect in an interesting way, giving examples of a fairly complex synthesis. This is clearly evident particularly in the field of Mycenaean monumental sculpture.