minoan women

Ancient Minoan fashion was bright, lively, and revealing. In some ways, it wasn't all that different from later historical fashion trends or today's fashion trends.

Laura Perry said: The garments in this image are a fairly accurate rendition of the late palatial era women's clothing from Crete and Akrotiri. There was a tunic as the base layer, all one piece that was worn open on top. Over that was a wrap-around skirt that had several layers or flounces and was tied at the waist. Fabric from this era would have been woven on a warp-weighted loom and was probably 2 to 3 feet wide, so it would be fairly easy to make a flounced skirt from those widt

Helen of Sparta, ancient spartan makeup

Bronwen Sharkey-Wakeman 🦭 on Instagram: "Last week I posted about Guinevere, and to continue the series I present....Helen of Troy. What do you think? Could this face launch 1000 ships? I based this reconstruction on a plaster head from ~1300 BC, from the Cult Centre on the acropolis. I looked at other examples for the hair, I think the others I've included are Minoan but the Myceneans and Minoans shared fashions and traded with each other. I did this one twice, I decided to do it again fo

Minoan Dancer (In the style of a Minoan Fresco) Jeff Stanford, 2023.

First part of concept art for the Underwater Atlantis discord challenge created by Jeremy Fenske. There are many speculations about the actual Atlantis - most of them proving it non-existent. I took inspiration from the Minoan civilization that apparently disappeared around the same time the legendary Atlantis did. Here are some concepts for the female characters inhabiting that mystic island. Male characters coming soon in a seperate category!