noordzee:It took three days with an all-nighter in the studio on the third but I FINISHED in time
noordzee: It took three days with an all-nighter in the studio on the third but I FINISHED in time for the BFA Show setup this morning! …except that getting to sleep at 6AM meant I nearly missed lunch and that isn’t much of a morning headstart but anyway anyway An Athens postcard to accompany Corinth from last month. Let’s run down all the NERD I managed to stuff into this one, shall we?Our lovely lady is sitting on an allotment machine used to assign offices in Athenian democracy–only a few offices were elected, everything else was chosen by lots. She’s just written an A on her wax tablet, Greeks used them like notepads. She’s flanked by two Doric columns, the type used on the Parthenon, which is behind her up on the Acropolis there. Atop the columns are two amphorae in the black-and red-figure styles. Olives were of much importance to the city, since it was one of the hardiest plants that grew in the area. The olive branches hold a scroll with the epithet by Pericles “the School Of Hellas,” Hellas being the ancient Greek word for Greece. I fudged the landscape slightly so that you could see the ocean behind her, Athens’ port and navy were of MUCH importance to the city. I’m doubly pleased with this one compared to Corinth’s, ahh I’m glad to get it done! If I ever get round to it Sparta will be next, by the way. -- source link