Must See Museums: 10 of Europe's Best Kept Secret Museums - With 2 Greek Entries

Must see museums is not as simple as you think. This is why one of Canada's largest and most prestigious travel guides issued a top 10 of the "Best Hidden" museums in Europe, including two Greek ones!

8 Ways Greek Mythology Is Used In Your Everyday Life

Greek mythology is all around us. Over the course of millennia, heroes gods and monsters of the Greek myths have been household names as examples of good or bad deeds, extreme situations, and impressive events.

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Five Reasons Egypt's Alexandria Was The Ancient Capital of Culture

The cultural impact of Alexandria can only be paralleled with the one of modern London, Paris or New York. And these are the five reasons Egypt's Alexandria was the ancient Capital of Culture.

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Greek Contemporary Art: Is It Worth It?

Did you know that Greece has lately developed its contemporary art wave that drives nuts tourists and foreign art investors? And is that art worth even spending time admiring it?

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True Colors: Exhibition Gives Antiquities Their Shades Back

Unlike what we learned to believe, Greece and Rome's masterpieces were originally full of color. Time and exposure to the elements gradually transformed the once multicolored marbles to the white surfaces we know, which impressed art aficionados during the Renaissance. In the 18th century, the German art historian Johann Joachim Winckelmann -often considered as the father of Art History-  included whiteness as one of Classical Art's leading virtues.

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The Mystery of Cycladic Figurines

Little is known about the people living in the small islands of central Aegean we now called the Cyclades c. 4.000 years ago. Beginning their life in small -and at times fortified- settlements, sailing the sea during their short lifetime, buried in humble graves upon their death, and with no written records to reveal their way of thinking, these islanders'  thoughts, hopes, and dreams remain a mystery. Only silent witness to this lost world's "mind" is the enormous number of marble statues from the Islands, whose minimal design links the ancient to the modern and is considered as the beginning of European art.

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Troy: The Legendary Ancient City That Inspired Ancient Art

The famous Trojan War was a topic that inspired in many ways the world of arts. Artists from various fields, depicted the “Sack of Troy” in vases, sculptures, water jars, drinking cups, mosaics, frescoes, narrated it in poems and the history survived throught the years.

Scenes from the wars, such as the judgement of Paris to Patroklos’s funeral, the duel between Hector and Ajax, the sacrifice of Polyxena are just a few examples of the historical facts that happened at the city of Troy and are illustrated in arts.

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Athens Culture Hub II: A city full of museums

Athens is a city that encourages you to visit its museums. In the Athenian museums is preserved all the Greek history, treasures that are worth seeing once in a lifetime. You can find anything you wish: ancient greek artifacts, paintings from the post-Byzantine period, modern works of art is just a small selection of what you can find in the museums around Athens.

Met Gala 2018 Was All About Religious Glamour. Will you embrace it?

Met Gala 2018 was all about religious glamour. As the world’s greatest stars parade in costumes inspired by Christian liturgical art for Met Gala 2018, religious glamour comes to the foreground of fashion and aesthetics, becoming the trend of the moment.

Top 10 of the most famous artists coming from Greece that stimulated painting and sculpture

Since antiquity, Greece has always been the land that generated great artistic talents. It’s something special about the greek painters and sculptors that broke the barriers of traditional art and set new rules with their art. Here you can explore the work of 10 famous artists - 10 bright minds - that influenced the world of arts in the past few centuries. Each one has its own unique way of painting or sculpting, thus their work marked the history.

Athens Culture Hub: Athens of arts and culture

This article is the first one out of some series that introduce the cultural face of Athens to the world:

From music festivals to art gallery openings and from museum visits to unique street happenings, Athens fills the world with its cultural events and justifies its definition as eternal cultural center!

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The Lasting Influence of Nature to Jewelry

Nature has always been the primary influence for artists across the globe. The shapes, colors, and movement of plants and animals become the archetype for perfection. 

Art uses a thousand shapes of nature as symbols and tokens of a world everybody aspires to be connected. And what better way to turn the ideal into a personal story than wearing it.

This is where jewelry comes forward. 

Discover the lasting influence of nature to jewelry through a handful of all-time classic pieces where eternal motifs -a cicada, a turtle, a tree, a snake- are rediscovered to give a fresh twist to any style. 

https://greecs.com/blog/the-lasting-influence-of-nature-to-jewelry/ 

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5 + 1 stunning art projects influenced by the Pop Art movement

 What’s exactly the power of Pop Art that for more than six decades keeps inspiring artists? Let’s have a look at the most stunning art projects influenced by Pop Artthat are worth to know!

5 Ways Everyday Life Inspires The Art Of Jewelry (With Amazing Results)

In reality, while you may never realize it, all our lives are filled with inspiration for creating art. Ideas are all around us which can be used as subjects for paintings, drawings, photography, sculpture, etc. Life inspires artists in all walk of life, and from that inspiration, you get amazing works of art 

https://greecs.com/blog/5-ways-everyday-life-inspires-the-art-of-jewelry-with-amazing-results/

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George Zongolopoulos: The famous artist that you should be aware ofThe art industry welcomes everyday more and more ambitious artists, that hope to create something new thanks to their talent and passion. Though, there are some people already established in the world of art that their work is point of reference for the younger generations. One of these people is the famous artist George Zongolopoulos. The Greek sculptor is well-known not only in Greece, but also abroad as one of the most important artists and representatives of the so called “Generation of 1930s”. Let’s get to know a little bit more about this artist, his work and how you can get familiar with his art.

The art industry welcomes everyday more and more ambitious artists, that hope to create something new thanks to their talent and passion. Though, there are some people already established in the world of art that their work is point of reference for the younger generations. One of these people is the famous artist George Zongolopoulos. The Greek sculptor is well-known not only in Greece, but also abroad as one of the most important artists and representatives of the so called “Generation of 1930s”. Let’s get to know a little bit more about this artist, his work and how you can get familiar with his art.

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The eagle has landed.

Last year in the national park, some two kilometres from my house, we met an ornithologist. He is employed by the Government and his job is to take care of the birds and insects in this park. He needs to spot them, count them and map them. Several months a year he is daily at work in this national park. With his binoculars and his photocamera. He takes gorgeous pictures and is always willing to explain what he has spotted.

One day we asked him advice about binoculars. Wich one is the best to buy. He patiently explained and answered our questions. He let us look through his professional binoculars and camera. He asked whatfore we want to buy a binoculars and so on.

Well if you want to spot birds you are lucky this year! Do you know that an eagle has landed here in this park? It's very rare, normaly he would not fly over this area. But for some reason he landed here a couple of weeks ago. And because he has an abundacy of food here he decided to stay.

The friendly man explained everthing he knows about the bird and told us some tricks how we could recognize him and when it is the best time of the day you could spot him. We thanked the man and walked on.

Many days when we were walking in this park we have seen the eagle. Sometimes high in sky watching his hunting for food and sometimes when he was resting. Thanks to the good advice of the man we have bought a monocular and we are happy with it. We enjoy the beautiful and sometimes hidden secrets of nature.

Have a nice day, see you next time.
Until then: don't worry, be HAPPY!

Henrice Kupper
http://henricekupper.artweb.com/

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