I highly recommend a visit to the official site for the Greek pavillon at the 12th International Architecture Exhibition (Bienalle di Venezia). The theme of the Greek pavillon is the “Ark. Old seeds for new cultures”. …
OLIVE TREE…
(Olivepress- Art Factory, Dromonero/Chania)
STILL IN SEASON…
Nikolaos Xydias Typaldos (1826-1909)
EDIBLE LITTLE SHOES (Papoutsakia, παπουτσάκια)
Is Aphrodite’s raised sandal a tease or is she intending to slap the goat-legged Pan with it, because she is not interested in an erotic adventure with him? 100 BC. National Archaeological Museum of Athens.* Beautifully decorated sandals were traditionally included in bride’s gifts. For jewelry,…
LOVE, INVINCIBLE IN BATTLE…
“In truth at first Chaos came to be, but next wide-bosomed Earth, the ever-sure foundation of al the deathless ones who hold the peaks of snowy Olympus, and dim Tartarus in the depth of the wide-pathed Earth, and Eros (Love), fairest…