Check out those incredible eyes!!!

This is a bronze statue from ca. 350 BC entitled

the "Antikythera Youth" (which is just the place he was found :)

Actually, the truly amazing story behind this statue is that

it was found in a shipwreck.

So between 350 BC and sometime in the last few hundred years

the Mediterranean had been preserving this statue.

And yet, those incredible, in-laid eyes remain.

Maybe I'm a bit strange, but I think that is remarkable!

Well, Greek Art has been really fun this quarter.

I'm studying lots and lots and lots of slides for my final.

Oh! And I should probably tell you my exciting news.

It is official.

Winter Quarter, I will be taking a graduate seminar.

That means I'll be in class with people working

on their Master's degrees. Yikes!

I am soooooooo excited for this opportunity,

but, oh my word!, it's going to be intense.

So, if you think about it, pray for me.

Well, I need to get back to my studies.

Have a blessed day everyone,

and try to stay dry :)

Ok... I really like this one. Her name is "Merenda." She's from 540 BC, Archaic Greece. We believe she's either royalty or a goddess. And she's holding a lotus flower. Isn't she lovely?

Alright... there's a "Greek Art" lesson for you!

Ok... this is going to be an "academic" post. I'm back in school so the nerd is coming out a bit more often. Don't say I didn't warn you.

Alright, take a look at the photo down below. This statue was found on the Acropolis and dates back to Archaic Greece (I guess I should have prefaced by saying that I'm taking Greek Art and Archaeology this quarter). But, back to the statue... This type of statue was an extremely common motif--starting in Archaic Greece and going on into the Roman Empire. These types of statues were found all over the ancient world and always near temples. They depict a young man carrying a lamb across his shoulders, which indicated the sacrifice he was going to make to the gods.

So, this being such a common motif, it is understandable that it was adopted by the Early Church and used in their Christian art. And this is how the form is remembered: Christ carrying a lamb on His shoulders. But notice how Jesus turned the whole motif on its head: instead of the young man carrying his sacrifice, Christ is the sacrifice carrying the ones that He saved.

Isn't that incredible? I'm going nuts over this! Haha... for all of the junk and the perversion and the lies that I have read and learned of in my Classics classes, revelations like this make it so beyond worth it!

just thought I'd share :)