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Subject: [Leica] Ancient Sicilian Greek pottery
From: lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll)
Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2019 17:35:44 +0100
References: <da921c7c-917b-fe63-f35f-e66da9b5111c@gmail.com>

Fantastic collection, thanks for sharing Peter
Lluis


> El 4 gen 2019, a les 10:33, Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> 
> va escriure:
> 
> In Agrigento, site of an ancient Greek settlement in Sicily, we saw many 
> examples of ancient pottery depicting domestic, religious and civic scenes 
> from about 2400 years ago. Because of differences in attitudes towards 
> display of the human body then vs. now, I was forced to add a modern 
> fig-leaf to the version you can see here on flickr, lest I risk my entire 
> body of work being deemed X-rated by some present-day Puritan.  For this, 
> I apologize to both you and the ancient artist.
> <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at 
> N04/31655949187/in/dateposted-public/>
> 
> However, all is not lost. You can see the original, un-bowdlerized 
> versions of the above, and nine more Grecian urns here:
> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/pklein/AgrigentoGreekPottery/>
> Click on the images to see bigger, and on the double rectangle centered 
> above the photos to see them full-size.
> 
> Olympus E-M5 and Panasonic 40/1.7. We were rushed through the exhibit 
> because we were behind schedule. Even so, I felt like the ancient artists 
> were telling me something about life back then.  I hope you'll see it, too.
> 
> --Peter
> 
> 
> 
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