Research & visual direction
Define the Cretan setting, phase and visual references before developing character looks, objects and scenic details. Separate archaeological evidence from later mythology and the production’s creative interpretation.
Bronze Age Crete
Minoan World
Historical production support
Develop a production set in Bronze Age Crete through costume, objects, colour and the spaces people inhabit. Archaeopolis connects the historical brief with the practical work of selecting, making and staging its material world.
Objects, equipment & practice
From the
Archaeopolis collection.
The photographs show a representative selection of our work. Additional objects, equipment and costumes are available, alongside customised constructions tailored to your production, including 3D-printed props and scenic elements.
The Minoan costume above is from our costume archive. The photographs below show our pottery-making practice; vessel forms, decoration and firing finish for Bronze Age Crete are developed to the project’s references.
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Research to physical production
What we can
develop together.
Costume & appearance
Develop silhouettes, textiles, colour combinations and accessories for the characters and their actions, with fittings and specialist making agreed to the brief.
Objects & inhabited spaces
Build a coordinated brief for vessels, textiles, furnishing and scenic details. Review suitable pieces and identify what needs to be adapted or newly commissioned.
Performance & production support
Plan how costume and objects will be worn, carried and used. Coordinate specialist collaborators, preparation and on-site support for the agreed production scope.
Historical worldbuilding
A shared reference
for every department.
A story about Minos or the labyrinth needs an explicit relationship to Bronze Age Crete. We begin with the director’s intended balance between historical setting and myth, then carry that decision through the costume and material environment.
Planning the work
Define the scope.
Then prepare the production.
Existing pieces
Rental depends on the selected object, dates, condition, fit and intended use. Archive photographs show the collection’s work; they do not guarantee stock.
New commissions
Agree the references, dimensions, materials, finish and schedule before fabrication. Specialist making is developed with the appropriate collaborators.
Support in Greece & abroad
Research, fittings, packing, transport coordination and on-site support are scoped around the project. Share the location, dates and required action with the first brief.
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Your production brief
What needs to
exist in the scene?
Tell us the period, story, location, dates and the objects or people you need to prepare. Include visual references and an indicative budget where available.
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production’s world.
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Minoan World
Dress, material culture & Cretan settings
Mycenaean World
Armour, helmets & Homeric adaptation
Classical Greece
Hoplites, civic life & the symposium
Alexander the Great & the Hellenistic World
Macedonian equipment & successor kingdoms
Byzantine World
Protective equipment & embodied interpretation