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Bull sports—including leaping over them, fighting them, running from them, or riding them—have been practiced all around the globe for millennia. Perhaps the best-loved ancient illustration of this, called the bull-leaping or Toreador fresco, comes from the site of Knossos on the island of Crete.
Dec 6, 2023 · Perhaps the best-loved ancient illustration of this, called the bull-leaping or Toreador fresco, comes from the site of Knossos on the island of Crete. The wall painting, as it is now reconstructed, shows three people leaping over a bull: one person at its front, another over its back, and a third at its rear.
Sep 14, 2019 · The bull played a central role in Minoan culture and is especially closely associated with Knossos. During his excavations at Knossos, Arthur Evans unearthed fragments of what he referred to as “Taureador Frescoes”, as detailed in the third volume of his Palace of Minos books (p. 209-232).
The Bull-Leaping Fresco is the most completely restored of several stucco panels originally sited on the upper-story portion of the east wall of the Minoan palace at Knossos in Crete. It shows a bull-leaping scene. Although they were frescos, they were painted on stucco relief scenes.
The bull-leaper, an ivory figurine from the palace of Knossos, Crete. The only complete surviving figure of a larger arrangement of figures. This is the earliest three dimensional representation of the bull leap. It is assumed that thin gold pins were used to suspend the figure over a bull.
This fresco is the best preserved of at least four paintings depicting the same subject, which were found in the East Wing of the Palace of Knossos and adorned a room on the upper floor. Their theme is bull-leaping, an acrobatic sport involving bulls.
Dec 24, 2023 · Bull and Bull-Leaping Iconography: Knossos, Tell el-Dab’a, and Beyond. Photo: Reconstructed bull-leaping fresco from the Palatian Complex at Knossos, dated in the final Palatial period (1450-1400 BCE).
