Aegean art includes widely varying art of very different cultures that happened to be in the same area around the same period; such as cultural periods called the Cycladic, the Minoan and Mycenaean. It is famous for its gold masks, war faring imagery, sturdy architecture, figurines, sculptures.
Shrines for gods was the most common sculpture type commonly found in royal palaces for the kings and queens. Richly curved figures portrayed a sense of flexibility in movement.
