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alexander stefanatos


Premium (Pro), thessaloniki

Art facade 2

Barcelona

Art must be a constant stimulus to our everyday experience. This is the only way to tame atrocity in our life...

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  • s. sabine krause 15/01/2015 11:43

    let's pretend it's the year 1716! let's see how the contemporaries did! were they blessed with better times? ah, keep on dreamin', folks! ; ) 1716 was brimming with massacres, barbarism, wars…* art? yes, some people turned to art: "one thousand and one nights" were translated into french by one antoine galland and subsequently became immensely popular throughout europe. alexander pope? also into translations at the time, his subject being homer's "iliad". pictures of flowers… very popular! margareta haverman paints them in a vase.** inventions? none to speak of apparently. but only a year later in 1717 edmond halley successfully tested the diving bell. to get away from it all? ; ) three years later: robinson crusoe on his island… ; )) people are people! good and evil… mainly shades of gray. art is… a drop in the bucket and ray of hope!
    greetings, sabine.
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    *thank you wikipedia for the browsing experience! for example here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1716
    **http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/71.6
  • Agelos Kardamilas 13/01/2015 23:26

    !!!!!!!!!!
  • Lawson McCulloch 12/01/2015 20:25

    I agree with you totally Alexander, and I love this image you show us.
    kind regards,
    from Lawson
  • Christine L 11/01/2015 20:52

    great...
    ciao
    Christine
  • Adele D. Oliver 11/01/2015 20:44

    so intricate and ornate, a special view at our
    forefathers' careful and beautiful artwork, when
    even a simple house would shine with its
    decorations !!!!
    greetings, Adele
  • Harold Thompson 11/01/2015 17:25

    Very ornate decoration round the doorway a time when it was a pride to do so.
    :-)) Harold
  • Sue Thompson 11/01/2015 17:18

    A thing of beauty that was made with great expertise, something to be proud of.....and yet I wonder how many people never see such art work as they go about their daily tasks.

    :))

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