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“The Minoan” . Acrylic ink on Canson watercolor paper. 9 x 12in. . “The carved images on the early Minoan sealstones are tantalising, inscrutable. The Nature Goddess is yanked from the soil like a snake or a sheaf of barley; the Mistress of the Animals suckles goats and gazelles. There are male Adorants certainly - up on tiptoe, their outstretched arms hoisted in a kind of heil, their bodies arched suggestively, pelvis forward, before the Goddess - but there are no masculine deities, not a single one in sight. No woman worth her salt, one might think, could fail to be intrigued.” Alison Fell, The Element -inth in Greek . Some of the best stories are those that are true. The Minoans was a Bronze Age Aegean civilization located on the island of Crete and surrounding Aegean Islands. Discovered at the beginning of the 20th century by British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans it was named after the legend of the Minotaur. Believing the site at Knossos was the mythical labyrinth of the Minotaur. . Female dress during the Minoan era emphasized the breast through cleavage or having the entire breast exposed. The waist was pulled in with the use of tight bodice or belt. This created a wasp-like shape. . Much of this culture is still a mystery. Its primary language known as Linear A is still undeciphered and the reason for it’s slow decline is unknown as well. . . . . . #figurativeartist #contemporaryrealism #realisticpainting #contemporaryportrait #womenpainters #artwork #art #painting #artist #liquitex #liquitexinks #bombayindiaink #indiaink #penandinkart #finishedart #minoanart #minoanwomen #myart #tiffanyrankinatx #atxartistoninstagram #inkonpaper #penandinkdrawing #austinartist #austinartists #roundrockartist #inklife #inkaddicts #acrylicink #illustrationartist #inkd (at Round Rock, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B4x0izPl6Wy/?igshid=1k61msptsnml0