Art and Faith, Too

Monday, 7 December 2015

Georgios Iakovidis. Mother and Child. Undated (last quarter of the 19th century)

00 Georgios Iakovidis. Mother and Child

Mother and Child

Georgios Iakovidis

undated (last quarter of the 19th century)

Saturday, 20 June 2015

Kostas Mpalafas. Meteora. undated (1950s-60s?)

00 Meteora. Kostas Mpalafas. 17.05.15

Meteora

Kostas Mpalafas

undated (1950s-60s)

Saturday, 1 December 2012

El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos). The Burial of the Count of Orgaz. Iglesia de Santo Tomé. Toledo SPAIN. 1586

00 El Greco (Domenikos Theotkopoulos). The Burial of Count Orgaz. Iglesia de Santo Tomé. Toledo SPAIN. 1586

The Burial of the Count of Orgaz

El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)

1586

Iglesia de Santo Tomé

Toledo (Province of Toledo. Autonomous Community of Castilla-La Mancha) SPAIN

Monday, 5 July 2010

Unknown Artist. Diskobolos (The Discus Thrower). Greco-Roman. 2nd century AD Copy. Original by Myron of Athens. mid-5th century BC

Diskobolos (The Discus Thrower)

Unknown Artist

2nd century AD. Greco-Roman. Original by Myron of Athens, mid-5th century BC

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This is the greatest artwork with athletics as the theme… bar none. It has NEVER been surpassed. Chalk one up for the Greeks

BMD

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