Our Lady of Tinos Study of Panagiotakos – Mitsakis
Kalliergeia
The study of the Our Lady of Tinos new church by Kyriakoulis Panagiotakos and Nikolaos Mitsakis, which was completed in 1931, and the events that brought its submission, are the main topics of the second article of the series, which is dedicated to the first of these important Modernist architects.>>
January 25, 2020
When Black Men’s Teeth Speak Out – Yambo Ouologuem
Agroikos
Yambo Ouologuem, originally from Mali, West Africa, was one of the most important writers of the 20th century, although he was wrote only 3 books and a few poems in the French language. While his poetry has not been collected, here's a representative one, entitled ‘When Black Men's Teeth Speak Out’.>>
December 29, 2019
The Air-Conditioned Nightmare – Henry Miller
Agroikos
With the “The Air-Conditioned Nightmare” begins yet another fruitful writing period for Henry Miller, having just returned to the US from Europe in 1940 and World War II. Here is given an excerpt from this work, together with the autobiographical documentary “The Henry Miller Odyssey” directed by Robert Snyder.>>
October 23, 2019
Joseph Pemberton & Hybrid Musk Roses
Kalliergeia
Joseph Pemberton, an Anglican clergyman, has emerged as one of the most important rose breeders of the twentieth century. It is its own work the creation of Hybrid Musk Roses group - large robust bushes whith strong fragrance and more or less continuously flowering in gigantic clusters.>>
September 19, 2019
The Horizontal Tree of Piet Mondrian
Λίνα
Piet Montrian was the De Stijl art movement rapporteur, along with Theo van Doesburg. Neoplasticism, as he preferred to call the new movement, led abstract art to new fertile fields. The Horizontal Tree, presented here, belongs to the transitional period before the De Stijl principles were formulated.>>
September 5, 2019
Lucian Freud Reflection (Self-portrait), 1985
Λίνα
The painter Lucien Freud created highly marketable exquisite works of fine art and lived an eventful life. The following article, of course, deals with almost none of them, but critically presents a characteristic yet iconic portrait painting by the artist, entitled Reflection, which is an artwork created in 1985.>>
November 21, 2018
