Wednesday, January 18, 2012

this just in


Ancient Greek sites could soon be available for rent

ATHENS — Available for rent: The Acropolis.

In a move bound to leave many Greeks and scholars aghast, Greece's culture ministry said Tuesday it will open up some of the debt-stricken country's most-cherished archaeological sites to advertising firms and other ventures.

The ministry says the move is a common-sense way of helping "facilitate" access to the country's ancient Greek ruins, and money generated would fund the upkeep and monitoring of sites. The first site to be opened would be the Acropolis.

Archaeologists, however, have for decades slammed such an initiative as sacrilege.

The culture ministry said any renting of ancient Greek sites would be subject to strict conditions.

According to a ministerial briefing dating from the end of December, a commercial firm could rent the Acropolis for a professional photographic shoot for as little as 1,600 euros a day ($2,046). Demonstrators could also rent the ancient landmark.

Greece needs every euro it can get. The country's public coffers are drained and the nation is struggling to avoid a historic debt default in March.

Greece was bailed out in May 2010 by the European Union and International Monetary Fund and is in the process of nailing down a second rescue, though it is undergoing tough talks with private creditors to reduce its massive debt mountain.

Commercial use of Greece's archaeological sites has until now been the responsibility of the Central Council of Archaeology, which has been very choosy about who gains access.

In recent decades, only a select few people, including Greek-Canadian filmmaker Nia Vardalos and the American director Francis Ford Coppola, have been able to use the Acropolis, while most filming and advertising requests have been refused.

Greece's culture ministry said it will open up some of the debt-stricken country's most-cherished archaeological sites (AFP/File, Louisa Gouliamaki)

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Tuesday, January 10, 2012

TitleRavenna: S. Vitale: Apse Wall Mosaic: Theodora and her court: det.: TheodoraWork TypeapseDate526-48 A.DLocationRavenna (Italy)


TitleIcon - AnnunciationDate14th CSubjectPainting--Byzantine--14th C. A.D

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TitleMt. Sinai: Monastery of St. Catherine: Apse Mosaic: Transfiguration: det.Date549-64LocationSinai, Mount (Egypt)

CreatorAnthemius of Tralles, Byzantine
Isidorus of Miletus, ByzantineTitleChurch of Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom), Constantinople: interior, central space and domeCultureByzantine: ConstantinopleTitleHagia Sophia: exterior, detail of dome, view from S., originally constructed 532-537LocationIstanbul, Turkey


Monday, January 9, 2012

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STUDIO ART III & IV SKULL EXHIBIT- OPENING NIGHT RECEPTION Friday, January 13th...IN ROOM 172
(THIS COMING FRIDAY!!!!) SIX TO EIGHT PM- REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED
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Sunday, January 8, 2012

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Work in progress

'streams" of inquiry while investigating Byzantine Art

Follow the metamorphosis of architectural engineering...from

POST and LINTEL
CORBELLED WALLS
RELIEVING TRIANGLES
CEMENT
ARCHES
DOMES
COFFERED CEILINGS
BASILICAS
CENTRAL PLANNED STRUCTURES
PENDENTIVES
SQUINCES

Follow the development of painting...from

THE FOUR STYLES OF ROMAN MURALS
PORTRAITS OF THE ENCAUSTIC FAYUM REGION
ATMOSPHERIC/ARIEL PERSPECTIVE
STYLIZATION VS NATURALISM
ICONS/IKONA
VENERATION VS ADORATION
"To pray through not to"
HIERATIC
ILLUSION THAT RE-ENFORCES THE FLATNESS OF THE PICTURE PLANE

Some terms to travel artstor with-
Byzantine icon
iconastasis (sacred image wall)
Ravenna
Hagia Sophia
Mount Athos
Saint Catherines Monastary
Byzantine mosaics
Byzantine reliquaries
Andre Rublev
Theophanes