red-figure homoerotic images

[Emiliano]

In that case I'll add one fascinating detail. You notice that abstract pattern of lines bordering some thing or another in Greek art (i.e. meandros or meander)? It actually might not be so abstract at all.

This image here (drawing of the inside of the Peithinos cup, thought to be depicting Achilles' mother Thetis and Peleus) shows that pattern represented as an interlocking of hands:



I think that's beautiful. I'll never look at that pattern with the same abstract feeling ever again.

That's really interesting, and I agree, that changes how I see that pattern now. I really like that style of art, the lines and shapes are so clean and elegant.

Is Greek art just a hobby of yours, or do you have some formal education on the topic?