"""The Minoans seem to have been the first ancient culture to produce art for its beauty rather than its function.... Art in Mesopotamia and Persia serv"
{"Image DocumentName": "The Minoans seem to have been the first ancient culture to produce art for its beauty rather than its function Art in Mesopotamia and Persia served political and religious purposes; while compelling and aesthetically very sophisticated, the art served a larger purpose. The Minoans, however, not only decorated their palaces, they decorated them with art; they used art for pleasure Minoan art frequently involves unimportant, trivial details of everyday life (rather than battles, or political events and leaders, and so on).", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}