The Beautiful Women of Bronze Age Europe

Thanks to FOREO for partnering with me on this video: Bronze Age Europe saw the increasing expression of individual and group identity through clothing, hairstyles, and objects of personal ornamentation. But it’s in the artistic tradition of the civilisations of the Aegean that we most clearly see the emergence of ideals of beauty that we well recognise even today. So how was female beauty represented? What jewellery and clothing did they wear? How did women enhance and emphasise their beauty? How were women represented in Minoan and Mycenaean art? And what did beauty mean to the people of Bronze Age Europe? *If you enjoy my videos please consider supporting the channel* Patreon ➜ All my books on Amazon ➜ *My Links* Website Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: *Video Sources* The Oxford Handbook of the Bronze Age Aegean: The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age: Women in Mycenaean Greece - Barbara A Olsen: Reflections on the Social Status of Mycenaean Women - Helene Whittaker Women in Mycenaean Pictorial Vase Painting - Louise Steel “Little women”: Gender, performance, and gesture in Mycenaean female figurines - Louise Steel Special women and extraordinary creatures - Iphiyenia Tournavitou Women, Children, and the family in Late Aegean Bronze Age - Barbara A. Olsen The Aesthetic Archetype of Female Beauty in the Mycenaean Age - Vassiliki Pliatsika Reflections of Eternal Beauty - Constantinos Paschalidis The above links include affiliate links which means we will earn a small commission from your purchases at no additional cost to you which is a way to support the channel. *Video Chapters* 00:00 Ancient Beauty 01:49 Video Partnership 02:54 Interpreting Burials 04:10 Nordic Bronze Age Clothing 04:40 Unetice culture jewellery 05:14 Tumulus culture female identity 06:43 Urnfield culture burial practices 08:10 Ancient Aegean female figurines 09:37 Minoan Snake Goddess figurines 10:46 Women on the Akrotiri frescoes 12:33 Women and Aegean mirrors 15:28 Women in Mycenaean art 17:53 Mycenaean plaster face goddess 19:52 The female aesthetic ideal 20:14 The idealised female role