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Atlantis - Dream of a Lost World Painting: Gesso on Canvas, mixed media on canvas, Acrylic, Watercolor. Thinking of Atlantis, the lost world, the classic Greek literature, Plato, Aristoteles, Ignatius L. Donnelly, Frederick Tennyson, Sir Thomas More... The dream of a lost world, the Myth and Literature… Colors and shape stand out with the Gesso Techniques I apply... Plato introduced Atlantis in Timaeus: “For it is related in our records how once upon a time your State stayed the course of a mighty host, which, starting from a distant point in the Atlantic Ocean, was insolently advancing to attack the whole of Europe, and Asia to boot. For the ocean there was at that time navigable; for in front of the mouth which you Greeks call, as you say, 'the pillars of Heracles,' there lay an island which was larger than Libya and Asia together; and it was possible for the travelers of that time to cross from it to the other islands, and from the islands to the whole of the continent over against them which encompasses that veritable ocean. For all that we have here, lying within the mouth of which we speak, is evidently a haven having a narrow entrance; but that yonder is a real ocean, and the land surrounding it may most rightly be called, in the fullest and truest sense, a continent. Now in this island of Atlantis there existed a confederation of kings, of great and marvelous power, which held sway over all the island, and over many other islands also and parts of the continent.” “But afterwards there occurred violent earthquakes and floods; and in a single day and night of misfortune all your warlike men in a body sank into the earth, and the island of Atlantis in like manner disappeared in the depths of the sea. For which reason the sea in those parts is impassable and impenetrable, because there is a shoal of mud in the way; and this was caused by the subsidence of the island.” …
Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper
Size:8 W x 12 H x 0.1 D in
Size with Frame:13.25 W x 17.25 H x 1.2 D in
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Since 1983 Georgi Charaka has devoted most of his time to his personal work. He lives and works in Lisbon since 1999. He is a member of the Portuguese Association of Artists. Charaka was born in Bulgaria, where he graduated in the field of ceramics and glass in Sofia. In 1981-83 he worked as a product designer for sportswear factory “Orpheus”, after which in 1983 he started his own company, called “Tea”. For 15 years he was working as a ceramic, which he calls his primary passion of arts. In 1999 he moved to Lisbon, where he first started as interior walls decorator and restorer. Since 2002 he works as freelance artist in the field of aquarelle and acrylic painting.
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