Bull-leaper, Knossos

a. How does this show the nature of the Minoan?
b. What does this image portray?
c. How does this image express design?
d. What is the medium?

A) fluid, curving line suggests the spontaneous nature of the people, and that echoes in this work as the scene is vigorous and energetic. B) The Minoan ceremony of bull-leaping: the figures are presented in the conventional manner, the women are pale and the male is dark; however, the artist has implied the power of the bull by the sweeping line of his upper body and further augments that by the full stretch of the animal. C) The angularity of Egyptian murals has been modified by the curving line of the Minoans, an essential component of their design vocabulary. The verticality of the figures has been softened by the curves. D) True fresco (applying paint to the wet surface)