Sunday 30 November 2008

Question without an answer III






Are high heels the new corset?

Shoes by Juan Antonio López

Flickr find: Kelly L Watson's ephemera album










I've really enjoyed browsing through Kelly L Watson's flickr photostream where she has a lovely album with paper ephemera

Sunday 23 November 2008

Seen in a card




" It's never too late to have a happy childhood"

Representation of the Goddess in Minoan Crete


Deities were depicted in small figurines.



Clay seated female figure, 5800-4800 BC




Clay vase with representation of a goddess, 850-800 BC


The snake Goddesses (or priestesses), 1600 BC


I just love terracotta figurines


Dolls? Apparently they are "votive robes"


These people really enjoyed dancing


Female figurine, Agia Triada, 1450/1300 BC

Definitely a classic of entertainment



These are from a later period, III or II BC






All these are exhibits in Heraklion Archaelogical Museum.

More images can be found here and also in this website

Time traveller:Representation of women in Minoan frescoes

The dancing lady, Palace of Knossos, 1400/1350 BC


They call her "la Parisienne", (people do have imagination)


From Agia Triada Sarcophagus


Not my photo, but I had to post this here: The Blue Ladies

from the Palace of Knossos


Not my photo either, The seated goddess or priestess, from Pseira

Surf in USA?




No, bull leaping in Knossos, 1600/1500 BC

Postcard from Crete


Colours of Crete



Mosaic floor in early christian basilica, Hersonissos

Door detail


Turkish minaret, Chania

Shop window

Street in Chania

Peculiar entrance!

Shop front

Street in Chania

Colourful !

The Venetian harbour in Chania

Taking a walk

Archanes


Detail in St. Titus Church, Heraklio


Siesta


Oops,


More than one month since I wrote the last post !



I guess I've been taking too many siestas...I am such an expert now.

This is definitely a


But now I'm absolutely looking forward to sending out a few postcards of beautiful Crete.