Lesbia and her sparrow
John Edward Poynter’s painting (“Lesbia and her sparrow”, 1907) and my patterns. The poet Catulle (1st before J.-C) nicknamed his lover Claudia “Lesbia” in reference to the isle of Lesbos (Greece) where she grew up. The famous poetess Sappho lived there. Her poems were about love between women ; that’s why the term “lesbian” was…
Apollo, Greek God of Arts
My photo of the Temple of Apollon in Syracuse, Sicily, red dress, painting of Apollon, laurel tree, Apollon name in Greek letters and sun mirror.
The Goddess of Autumn Carpo
Mix of two paintings (Sylvia by Frank Dicksee, 1891 and The arched bridge by Trost Richards, 1869) and photo of a fall leaf. In Greek mythology, the Horae or the Hours were the Goddesses of the classical three seasons : Spring (Thallo), Summer (Auxo) and Autumn (Carpo). They were Zeus and Aphrodite’s daughters. Carpo was…
The Snow Goddess Chione draping the Earth with a white coat
The Franco-Danish impressionism painter Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) painting “Paysage de neige à Eragny avec un pommier” (1895), model wearing an Ulyanna Sergeenko dress, Debenhams’ fir tree decoration, Littlewoods’ spun acrylic light up reindeer and Wilhelm Schweizer Pewter’s Christmas ornament (shooting star). Chione (or Khione) is the Greek Goddess of snow, daughter of Boreas (God of…
Ode à Terpsichore, Muse de la danse
Marc Jacobs’ gown and Eichholtz Valencia mirror. In 1931, the vintage photographer George Hoyningen-Huene pays a tribute to the dancer Isodora Duncan and is inspired by Ancient Greece. The model wears a Madeleine Vionnet’s crepe pajamas. The American dancer Isodora Duncan (1877-1917) is considered as the mother of Modern dance. She revolutioned the dance with…
