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Minoan Palace Courtyard at Night

An illustration of a Minoan-style palace courtyard at night, featuring red tapering columns, painted walls with bull motifs, and people illuminated by warm oil lamps in wall niches under a starry sky.

The palace of Knossos on Crete at night around 1500 BC, a light well and colonnade of red tapering columns lit by oil lamps in niches, warm light on painted plaster, a deep blue sky above the open court and cool moonlight falling from above, painterly illustration with volumetric glow, palette of Minoan red, lamp gold and night blue. See more

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