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.

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 …

Fresco (restored) (Archaeological Museum, Herakleion, Crete) The original Court of the Stone Spout was probably an open space; later two walls were built running east-west.

2019年9月14日 · 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). Though fragmentary, the frescoes could be at least partially restored, and the most famous example has been used as this article’s featured image, above.

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.

2021年9月11日 · The Toreador Fresco found in the residential wing of the palace shows a contest between a young man and woman and a bull. The scene vividly depicts the Minoan sport of bull leaping, with the participants grasping the animal’s horns as they leap over it.

2022年9月5日 · 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.

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 …

1997年10月20日 · Many wall paintings have been discovered adorning the walls of Minoan palaces. Often these depict scenes of daily life. This large example (about 3 feet high) may depict a Minoan ceremony of bull-leaping.

2023年1月27日 · Now we come to the central, ultra-famous, and artistically gorgeous fresco that's helped garner so much interest in Minoa, Minoan culture, and the role of women in Minoan society: the bull-leaping "Toreador" fresco.