Did the Minoans paint frescoes?

The Minoans decorated their palaces with true fresco painting (buon fresco), that is, the painting of colour pigments on wet lime plaster without a binding agent so that when the paint is absorbed by the plaster it is fixed and protected from fading. … Colours employed were black, red, white, yellow, blue, and green.

What types of subject matter were depicted in fresco from the ancient Mediterranean world?

Classical antiquity

These frescoes depict scenes of the life and society of ancient Greece, and constitute valuable historical testimonials. One shows a group of men reclining at a symposium while another shows a young man diving into the sea.