JOURNAL OF EURASIAN STUDIES

January-March 2011 JOURNAL OF EURASIAN STUDIES Volume III., Issue 1.
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The present-day Hungarian culture bears testimony to a rich Cretan and Greek heritage. In addition to
the fields of literature and science, where it is most evident, it extends to almost every aspect of life.
Interestingly, the effects mediated by the Roman and Byzantian Empires constitute separate layers in our
culture. Christianity contributed to these “filtered” layers as well. The states of the Carpathian Basin,
beginning with the Huns, Avars, and later continued with the Onogurians and Hungarians have always
been connected to the Western Roman Empire, and its descendent, the Roman Christian world. The
Hungarian Árpád house gave an emperor (Sigismund) to the Western part and almost gave an emperor
(Béla III) to the Eastern part, as a sure mark of mutual connections with both Rome and Byzantium.
The Ancient Cretan and Greek Art colouring booklet offers an interesting, two-sided learning
experience through the combination of reading and creativity. Those who like to study and compare
different cultures acquire a deeper knowledge on fine and applied art of Eurasia meanwhile enriching the
motifs with their own colouring ideas. The love of these foreign art products is also a witness to an openhearted
attitude towards national folk art as well as to all Eurasian developments.
Budapest, 8 September, 2003
REFERENCES
Fig. 11. Back cover of the booklet: vase paintings with Greek mythological figures.
Bakay K. (1997, 1998): Őstörténetünk régészeti forrásai. I. II. Miskolc;
Bérczi Sz. (2003): On the Earlier Occurrences of the cm-Type Nets and Wallpaper Patterns in
Ornamental Arts of Central Eurasia. Symmetry: Culture and Science, 12. No. 1-2. p. 5-24.;
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