Knossos

Childe argued that symbols of elite wealth and power like ancient Greek temples (ABOVE) are signs of a society at risk of becoming technologically stagnant, explaining why the developments that led to the Iron Age could not have occurred within the highly structured civilisations of the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean (RIGHT).

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V. G. Childe’s archaeological theory

Central to Childe’s conception of history was the creative potential of hunters, farmers, craftworkers, engineers, and scientists, and the way in which elites wasted surpluses on wars, monuments, and luxuries

The Past

Picasso – half man, half bull

Picasso never visited Greece, let alone Crete. He didn’t need to do so. He re-created it on paper. The drawings and prints in our show reveal how Picasso evoked the ancient world and peopled it with gorgeous girls who resembled his mistresses.