Lusting Beauty of Epic Deco Art

Beautiful illustrations by Eduardo García Benito for The Iliad and The Odyssey are from Homero Deco.

Found originally at Villa del Libro-Uruena.

Full PDF can be found Here.

Lusting Beauty of Mortals Immortalized

--------------------"...Ganymede,
---------------------handsomest of mortals, whom the gods
---------------------caught up to pour out drink for Zeus and live
---------------------amid immortals for his beauty's sake."
---------------------------------(Homer, Iliad, Book XX, 232-235)







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Lusting Ancient Athletes

Most everyone is familiar with Discobolus,Greek 5th century by Myron.


Below, is a lesser known version known as Standing Discus Thrower,
By Naukydes, circa 420-400 BC.



Its discovery was made by David Hamilton in the
Galliens-Villa on the Appian Way in 1771.

Some beautiful detail shots of a later version are shown below.

Lusting People Watching

At times I find myself being entertained by watching people walking by, or having dinner at the next table, shopping at the mall, just about anywhere. The appearance, posture, who speaks, who doesn't, all provide a bounty of data on which to form opinions and judgements.

We are fortunate, thanks to the ancient vase painters, to look back at a type of social gathering, the symposium.


Take a look around at the guests, and see if you recognize any that you might meet at a party thrown today!

Lusting Santorini

Of the places to be,


That sit,


By the sea,


This is the place,


That I'd choose, Santorini.

Lusting Rose Colored Glasses

Three Spartan Boys 1812

Idealized life of the ancients seen in a painting by C.W Eckersberg.

From Vase to Relief

Ode on a Grecian Urn - Keats

I thought it appropriate to begin with this since it is the source of my profile.
This tondo was an inspiration for a sculpture that I did recently. I love
how the form fills the circular motif.