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anonymous: Bull-Leaping Fresco  wikidata:Q3566545 reasonator:Q3566545
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Title
Toreador Fresco (Bull-Leaping Fresco) Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"Toreador Fresco (Bull-Leaping Fresco) Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"Toreador Fresco (Bull-Leaping Fresco) Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Les,"Fresco de la taurocatapsia"
label QS:Lfr,"Scène de taurokathapsia"
label QS:Lca,"Fresc de la taurocatàpsia"
label QS:Lpl,"Tauromachia"
label QS:Lzh,"躍牛壁畫"
label QS:Lnl,"Bull-Leaping Fresco"
label QS:Lde,"Stiersprung-Fresko"
label QS:Lel,"Ταυροκαθάψια"
label QS:Lbe,"Гульні з быком"
label QS:Lit,"Affresco della taurocatapsia"
label QS:Lru,"Акробаты с быком"
Part of Palace of Knossos Edit this at Wikidata
Object type fresco Edit this at Wikidata
Genre Minoan civilization Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: The bull-leaping fresco, original. Found in Knossos palace, Crete, Greece. It dates around 1600 - 1450 BCE. Part of a five-panel composition, the iconic Toreador Fresco depicts an acrobat at the back of a charging bull. A second figure prepares to leap, while a third waits with arms outstreched. The event may have resemnled the Course alandaise of modern southwest France. Bulls feature centrally in Knossian icongraphy and may have acted as a symbol of Knossian power. The central court may have served as an arena for bull-sports, although it was barely large enough
Français : La fresque de tauromachie, original. Trouvé au palais de Cnossos, Crète, Grèce. (1600 - 1450 BCE )
institution QS:P195,Q636972
Date circa 1550 BC
date QS:P,-1550-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
/ circa 1450 BC
date QS:P,-1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Minoan civilization (3300 BC
date QS:P,-3300-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
/ 20th century BC
date QS:P,-1950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7
–circa 1100 BC
date QS:P,-1100-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
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Medium fresco and fresco painting Edit this at Wikidata Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 70 cm (27.5 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+70U174728
institution QS:P195,Q636972
Place of discovery Knossos Edit this at Wikidata
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References http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/4/eh430.jsp?obj_id=7915 (EnglishEdit this at Wikidata

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