Sometimes, when we come across a phrase or a picture that has made us stop and think and haven't our minds taken blissful pleasure from these simple things? I feel oneness with the writer, the painter, the poet, the sculpter, the musician, the singer, the orator and it's a kinship that's akin to orgasmic pleasures... in my book anyway. This blog will feature some of the things I come across that make me tingle all over and also things that make me laugh out loud.
This statuette has been dated to 2nd century AD and is probably Roman although it was found in Greece in 1791. It's in perfect condition albeit the huge hole in it's hip. How that happened is anybody's guess. It was probably some adornment that fell off and left the gaping hole.
The beautiful vase above is an example of lustreware, a kind of shiny ornamental vases with strong islamic flavor. This type of art was found in Spain during the 1400s and even much later, long after the moslems had been vanquished, however their artistic influence lived on for centuries after that and is apparent in the mosiac architecture of Spain.
