#chalepas

[psikonauti]

Γιαννούλης Χαλεπάς (Giannoulis Chalepas) (Greek,1851-1938)

Σάτυρος που παίζει με τον έρωτα (Satyr playing with Eros), 1877

[monogreek]

Marianthi by Yannoulis Chalepas (1851-1938)

[kebriones]

Here he is! The boy!

This is Yannoulis Chalepas' "Satyr playing with Eros" from 1877 .

While Chalepas isn't among my favorite sculptors himself, this is definitely in my top five sculptures ever. (Even though the tail is placed in the most stupid place on this dude's spine) It has an energy and a feeling that is immaculate. It looks sort of wholesome and playful at first, and then you realize that the satyr is looking kind of cruel and it all becomes a little darker. Please give baby eros his grapes and stop messing with him >:(

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 8.14

Beer Birthdays

Eugene L. Husting (1848)

Brandon Hernández (1976)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Halle Berry; actor (1968)

Mila Kunis; Ukrainian-American actor (1983)

Gary Larson; cartoonist (1950)

Steve Martin; comedian, actor, writer, banjo player (1945)

Bruce Thomas; English bass player (1948)

Famous Birthdays

Russell Baker; essayist (1925)

Emmanuelle Béart; French actress (1963)

Catherine Bell; actor (1968)

Herman Branson; African-American physicist, chemist (1914)

Sarah Brightman; English singer-songwriter (1960)

John Brodie; San Francisco 49ers QB (1935)

Lodewijk Bruckman; Dutch painter (1903)

Sharon Bryant; R&B singer (1956)

Kevin Cadogan; rock singer-songwriter, guitarist (1970)

Méric Casaubon; Swiss-English author (1599)

Yannoulis Chalepas; Greek sculptor (1851)

Darrell "Dash" Crofts; singer-songwriter and musician (1940)

David Crosby; rock singer (1941)

Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin; Belgian mathematician (1866)

Mstislav Dobuzhinsky; Russian-Lithuanian-American artist (1875)

Slim Dunlap; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1951)

Tracy Caldwell Dyson; chemist and astronaut (!969)

Richard R. Ernst; Swiss chemist (1933)

Erica Flapan; mathematician (1956)

Francis Ford; actor and director (1881)

John Galsworthy; English writer (1867)

Alice Ghostley; actor (1926)

Larry Graham; soul/funk bass player and singer-songwriter (1946)

Buddy Greco; singer, pianist (1926)

Marcia Gay Harden; actor (1959)

Jackée Harry; actress (1956)

Robert Hayman; English-Canadian poet (1575)

Lee Hoffman; author (1932)

Leopold Hofmann; Austrian composer (1738)

Doc Holliday; dentist, wild west gambler (1851)

James Horner; composer (1953)

Ernest Everett Just; African-American biologist (1883)

Jan Koetsier; Dutch composer (1911)

Margaret Lindsay Huggins; Anglo-Irish astronomer (1848)

William Hutchinson; founder of Rhode Island (1586)

Magic Johnson; Los Angeles Lakers (1959)

Stanley A. McChrystal; American general (1954)

John McCutcheon; folksinger (1952)

Paddy McGuinness; English comedian (1973)

Lionel Morton; English singer-songwriter, guitarist (1942)

Bruce Nash; film director (1947)

Frank Oppenheimer; particle physicist (1912)

Hans Christian Ørsted; Danish physicist and chemist (1777)

Susan Saint James; actor (1946)

Paolo Sarpi; Italian writer (1552)

Ben Sidran; jazz and rock keyboardist (1943)

Stuff Smith; violinist (1909)

Danielle Steel; writer (1947)

Jiro Taniguchi; Japanese author and illustrator (1947)

Bruno Tesch; German chemist (1890)

Ernest Thayer; "Casey at the Bat" writer (1863)

Pieter Coecke van Aelst; Flemish painter (1502)

Carle Vernet; French painter and lithographer (1758)

Claude Joseph Vernet; French painter (1714)

Earl Weaver; Baltimore Orioles manager (1930)

Wim Wenders; German film director (1945)

Lina Wertmüller; Italian film director (1926)

[eucanthos]

Ariadne's thread / Μίτος της Αριάδνης

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Red Thread: On Mazes and Labyrinths [2018 book by Charlotte Higgins]

The labyrinth is closely related to the idea of the web, and the world wide web may well be the greatest labyrinth ever constructed...

what does the labyrinth mean? What does it tell us about our being in the world?

The answer may well come from Borges, the great creator of literary labyrinths. Writing of Kafka and Henry James, Borges stated: “I think they both thought of the world as being at the same time complex and meaningless.”

To which Charlotte Higgins adds: “Is it not possible to live in the complex and meaningless world? The labyrinth is something that you cannot help entering.”

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/unravelling-ariadne-s-ball-of-red-thread-1.3598531

“chalepa ta kala” [the beautiful things are difficult] (Sokrates in Platonic dialogs) 

The maze "takes one to the center of one's self, to some hidden, inner shrine, occupied by the most mysterious portion of the human personality". This journey through the labyrinth must be hard. "The harder the journey, the more and the tougher obstacles in his path, the more the initiate will be transformed and acquire a new self in the course of the voyage of initiation."

(Penguin Dictionary of Symbols, Chevailer and Gheerbrant, "maze" entry) https://www.creativitypost.com/article/myth_and_creativity_ariadnes_thread_and_a_path_through_the_labyrinth

Every time you go deep into the past, you are also thinking about the future.”

Thread the eye.

Approach the haystack and bury the needle between its straws.

You will find it again.

Ariadne’s Thread:  The Needle, The Haystack, The Thread // Arts Club of Chicago https://theseenjournal.org/ariadnes-thread/

Klara Smith: Ariadne [img]

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[elladastinkardiamou]

World Mental Health Day is observed on 10 October every year, with the overall objective of overcoming myths and negative stereotypes, raising awareness of mental health issues around the world, and mobilizing efforts in support of mental health. On the occasion of this year’s World Mental Health Day, Greek News Agenda pays tribute to Yannoulis Chalepas (1851-1938), the most distinguished sculptor of modern Greece, whose story is almost as impressive as his work.

[byfoodandtravel]

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[the-evil-clergyman]

Satyr Playing with Eros by Yannoulis Chalepas (1877)

[seekbeautyinthemundane]

Yannoulis Chalepas ( August 14, 1851 – September 15, 1938 )

[nicholasrossis]

Giannoulis Chalepas, Greece's Mad Sculptor

Giannoulis Chalepas, Greece’s Mad Sculptor

Late last year, an article of mine was published by John Maberry’s Eagle Peak Annual on the life of one of Greece’s best-known sculptors, Giannoulis (“Little John”) Chalepas. I’m sharing here with John’s kind permission. Chalepas translates into “hardship” in Greek and I think you’ll agree that the man’s life lived up to his surname. And yet, Chalepas is widely considered the best sculptor in his…

[monogreek]

Nefeli (before 1924) by Yannoulis Chalepas (1851-1938)

[gemsofgreece]

Can you tell us some modern Greeks (1815-now) that they're underappreciated/underrated in your opinion?

If you mean internationally, many are. If you mean in the country, again many are because Greeks nowadays don't care about history or influential historical figures a lot...

Many of the heroes, the warriors of 1821. Theodoros Kolokotronis, Georgios Karaiskakis, Nikitaras, Odysseus Androutsos, Laskarina Bouboulina, Manto Mavroyenous, Konstantinos Kanaris, Rigas Velenstinlis and many more. These are the most important type of people that deserve more recognition IMO. Without them, Greece would simply have not become an independent state but also the Greek Revolution was a seminal event in modern European history and in the rise of nation-states so if you really think about it, they unintentionally led to a chain of events that wasn't just about Greece.

From politicians, Greece is so associated with incompetent and corrupt politicians that it would come as a surprise that it had a few politicians of unprecedented skill like Ioannis Kapodistrias and Eleftherios Venizelos, even Charilaos Trikoupis for his reforms and integrity of character.

From scientists, Georgios Papanikolaou (Dr Pap, inventor of the Pap smear test) and Constantine Caratheodory (Einstein's teacher).

From writers and poets, the nobelists George Seferis and Odysseus Elytis, but also Alexandros Papadiamantis, Yannis Ritsos, Nikos Kavvadias, Constantine Cavafy, Dionysius Solomos. (Nikos Kazantzakis is already well known, for Greek standards always.)

From artists, Yannis Tsarouchis, Yannis Moralis, Nikos Engonopoulos, Nikephoros Lytras, Nikolaos Gyzis, Georgios Iakovidis, Fotis Kontoglou and Alekos Fasianos.

From sculptors, Yannoulis Chalepas.

From musicians, God take this pc from me. Everyone knows that's my weak spot. Let's start from a top 5: Mikis Theodorakis, Manos Hatzidakis, Markos Vamvakaris, Vassilis Tsitsanis, Stavros Xarchakos plus an entechno bonus of Dionysis Savvopoulos and Thanassis Papakonstantinou and then it's a slippery slope from there.  I know some of them are well known for Greek standards but they should be more known >:(

From actors, about half of the ones I mention in this recent post.

[kebriones]

Good morning have I talked to you about what has been my favorite sculpture since I was like 10, the "Satyr playing with Eros" (1877) by greek sculptor Yannoulis Chalepas?

I've seen in IRL numerous times since the museum it's in is a 15 minute walk from my house (which means I need to visit again soon to take some proper pictures because there aren't enough of them online). I don't know what it is about it that makes it both really heartwarming and wholesome and really sad and dark and upsetting at the same time. (well, now I know why, actually, because I read up on it, but as a kid when I first saw it and had these conflicting emotions I was a little stunned)

[brookstonalmanac]

Birthdays 8.14

Beer Birthdays

Eugene L. Husting (1848)

Brandon Hernández (1976)

Five Favorite Birthdays

Emmanuelle Beart; French actor (1965)

Halle Berry; actor (1968)

Mila Kunis; Ukrainian-American actor (1983)

Gary Larson; cartoonist (1950)

Steve Martin; comedian, actor, writer, banjo player (1945)

Famous Birthdays

Russell Baker; essayist (1925)

Emmanuelle Béart; French actress (1963)

Catherine Bell; actor (1968)

Herman Branson; African-American physicist, chemist (1914)

Sarah Brightman; English singer-songwriter (1960)

John Brodie; San Francisco 49ers QB (1935)

Lodewijk Bruckman; Dutch painter (1903)

Sharon Bryant; R&B singer (1956)

Kevin Cadogan; rock singer-songwriter, guitarist (1970)

Méric Casaubon; Swiss-English author (1599)

Yannoulis Chalepas; Greek sculptor (1851)

Darrell "Dash" Crofts; singer-songwriter and musician (1940)

David Crosby; rock singer (1941)

Charles Jean de la Vallée-Poussin; Belgian mathematician (1866)

Mstislav Dobuzhinsky; Russian-Lithuanian-American artist (1875)

Slim Dunlap; singer-songwriter and guitarist (1951)

Tracy Caldwell Dyson; chemist and astronaut (!969)

Richard R. Ernst; Swiss chemist (1933)

Erica Flapan; mathematician (1956)

Francis Ford; actor and director (1881)

John Galsworthy; English writer (1867)

Alice Ghostley; actor (1926)

Larry Graham; soul/funk bass player and singer-songwriter (1946)

Buddy Greco; singer, pianist (1926)

Marcia Gay Harden; actor (1959)

Jackée Harry; actress (1956)

Robert Hayman; English-Canadian poet (1575)

Lee Hoffman; author (1932)

Leopold Hofmann; Austrian composer (1738)

Doc Holliday; dentist, wild west gambler (1851)

James Horner; composer (1953)

Ernest Everett Just; African-American biologist (1883)

Jan Koetsier; Dutch composer (1911)

Margaret Lindsay Huggins; Anglo-Irish astronomer (1848)

William Hutchinson; founder of Rhode Island (1586)

Magic Johnson; Los Angeles Lakers (1959)

Stanley A. McChrystal; American general (1954)

John McCutcheon; folksinger (1952)

Paddy McGuinness; English comedian (1973)

Lionel Morton; English singer-songwriter, guitarist (1942)

Bruce Nash; film director (1947)

Frank Oppenheimer; particle physicist (1912)

Hans Christian Ørsted; Danish physicist and chemist (1777)

Susan Saint James; actor (1946)

Paolo Sarpi; Italian writer (1552)

Ben Sidran; jazz and rock keyboardist (1943)

Stuff Smith; violinist (1909)

Danielle Steel; writer (1947)

Jiro Taniguchi; Japanese author and illustrator (1947)

Bruno Tesch; German chemist (1890)

Ernest Thayer; "Casey at the Bat" writer (1863)

Bruce Thomas; English bass playe (1948)

Pieter Coecke van Aelst; Flemish painter (1502)

Carle Vernet; French painter and lithographer (1758)

Claude Joseph Vernet; French painter (1714)

Earl Weaver; Baltimore Orioles manager (1930)

Wim Wenders; German film director (1945)

Lina Wertmüller; Italian film director (1926)

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Yannoulis Chalepas (1851-1938) “Sleeping Female Figure” (1877) Neoclassical Located at the Tomb of Sofia Afentaki, First Cemetery of Athens, Greece