Archive for the Artifacts Category
Antique Idols
As soon as humans were able to think, they consistently observed and questioned the events unfolding around them. Unexpected or inexplicable phenomena – whether they were meteorological, astronomical or terrestrial – occurred, which they could not understand or control. Since their lack of knowledge would not allow them to identify […]
Antiquity’s Colors
English Translation Soon Les œuvres qui nous sont parvenues de l’Antiquité sont souvent dominées par la monochromie liée à l’usure du temps et à la disparition des pigments d’origine. Paradoxalement, on a souvent admiré la « blancheur » ou plus concrètement la nature « brute » des sculptures an marbre ou des statuettes en […]
Glassware production
Glass, a luxury and exquisite material, whose technical virtuosity reached a peak during ancient times. Both a natural element tamed by man to match the finest precious stones, and an element of fascination modeled to suit human taste, in playing with the effects of colors and the natural light reflections. […]
Antique Theatre
In the 5th century ancient Greece, the month of Poseideon – which corresponds to our month of December – was the occasion to celebrate the Rural or Lesser Dionysia, a festival that took place in various demes (villages) of Attica. With the City or Greater Dionysia, celebrated in Athens in […]
Antique Wineyards Tradition
Autumn has arrived… leaves change color and fall off the trees… it is the time of the harvest, the grape harvest for the making of wine… Let me therefore present you a vessel and an object related to this topic: A jug-shaped vessel with a Dionysiac scene First an olpe […]
