Minoan Art. La Parisienne or the Minoan Lady with the sacral knot at the back of the neck that seems to indicate that she is a priestess or even a goddess. The fresco uses the black colour for emphasizing the form of the eyes and red for the lips. It dates from the Neopalatial period, ca. 1400 B.C. The Herakleion Archaeological Museum. Crete.

1400 B. C • 15TH BCE • 15TH CENTURY B. C • 15TH CENTURY B. C. • 15TH CENTURY BC • ADOLESCENCE • ADOLESCENT • ANCIENT AGE • ANCIENT • ANTIQUE • ARCHAEOL. SITE: KNOSSOS (GR) • ARCHAEOLOGICAL DIG • ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM • ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE • ARCHAEOLOGICAL • ARCHAEOLOGY MUSEUM • ARCHAEOLOGY • ARCHAEOLOGY: EXCAVATION • ARCHEOLOGICAL • AREA • ART • ARTFORM: FRESCO • ARTS • BACK • BEAK • BIDDERS • BLACK PERSON • BLACK RACE • BLACK • BLOCK • BOND • BOW-TIE • BOY • BROTHERS' HALL • BULGE • CANO • CASTLE • CENTER • CHALK • CHARACTER • CHARACTERS • CHILD • CIVILISATION • CIVILIZACION • CIVILIZATION • CLOTHING: BOW-TIE • CLOTHING: CRAVAT • CLOTHING: TIE • CNOSSOS • CNOSSUS • COLOR • COLORED • COLOUR • COLOURED • COUNTENANCE • COURSE • CRAVAT • CRETAN • CRETE • CROP • CROPS • CROSS SECTI • CULT, MINOAN • CULT: RELIQUARY • CULT: SHRINE • CULTIVATION • CULTURAL • CULTURE • CULTURES • DAME • DEPOSIT • DESK • EDUCATION • ESCRITOIRE • EXCAVATION (ARCHAEOLOGY) • EXCAVATION, ARCHAEOLOGY • EXCAVATIONS • EYE • EYEBALLS • EYES • FACE • FEMALE • FÉMININE • FIFTEENTH CENTURY B. C. • FIFTEENTH CENTURY BEFORE CHRIST • FIGURE • FIGURES • FIGURINE • FLEET • FORTRESS • FRAGMENT • FRESCO • FRESCOS • FRESH • FURNITURE: DESK • GIRL • GNOSSOS • GODDESS • GREECE • HAIR • HAIRS • HARVEST • HARVESTING • HEADDRESS • HERAKLIO • HERAKLION ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM • HERAKLION • HIGH DESK • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORY • HOLY • HOUSEMAID • II MILLENNIUM • ISLAND • ISLANDS • KNOSOS • KNOSSOS • KNOSSOS, ARCHAEOL. SITE (GR) • KNOT • LA PARISIENNE • LAD • LADY • LASS • LATERAL VIEW • LECTERN • LEGEND • LIBATION • LIPS • LUMP • MAID • MAIDSERVANT • MARINE • MEDITERRANEAN SEA • MEDITERRANEAN • MEDITERRANEO • MINBAR • MINOAN LADY • MINOAN PERIOD • MINOAN • MINOANS • MURAL PAINTING • MURAL • NAVY • NECK • NECKERCHIEF • NECKS • NECKTIE • NEGRA • NEOPALATIAL PERIOD • NODE • OCEAN • OFFERER • OFFERING • OFFERINGS • OFFICE • OLD • PACKAGE • PAINT • PAINTED • PAINTING • PALACE • PALAZZO • PARISIAN • PASTELS • PEDESTAL • PELO • PERIOD • PERSONAJE • PERSONALITY • PICK • PIECE • PLATFORM • PODIUM • POLYCHROME • PORTRAIT • POTATIONS • POTRAIT • PRIESTESS • PROFILE • PULPIT • RED (COLOUR) • RED • RELIQUARY • RELIQUIES • REMAINS • ROSTRUM • SACRAL KNOT • SACRAL • SACRAMENT SHRINE • SACRED PLACE • SACRED • SACRIFICE • SACRUM • SANCTUARY • SCARF • SCENE • SCRIPTORIUM • SEA • SEAS • SECOND MILLENNIUM • SECTION • SECTIONAL • SERF • SHRINE • SIDE VIEW • SPOUT • STANDING DESK • STATUETTE • TANGLE • TEENAGER • THROAT • TIE (CLOTHING) • TIE • VISAGE • WALL PAINTING • WALLPAINTING • WIFE • WOMAN • WOMEN • WOMENS • WRITING DESK • WRITING ROOM • YOUNG MAN • YOUNG WOMAN • YOUNG • YOUTH • ZONE