Showing posts with label helen of troy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label helen of troy. Show all posts

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Peacemaker Helen

Today it's April 1, April Fool's Day as they say. It's also Sunday, and I managed to find a little time to blog. So I am presenting the first of a new collection of one of a kind rings :)

Regardless of whether Helen was actually 'the face that launched a thousand ships and burnt the topless towers of Ilium', or not, she sure must have been beautiful! When I made this ring, I imagined her as a peacemaker.

A vintage carved lucite bead in the shape of a Greek Ionic column was made into a ring that carries an aura of Troy with it... Beautiful, semi precious jade, turquoise, plastic flower beads, pearls, a bronze heart, even a tiny brass tassel dangle from this amazing gold over brass, adjustable ring. The colors are reminiscent of whispering waves and inviting shores, sand and turquoise blue, with gold dominantly shining through them, like the glorious sun!

















The ring is available here. Let me know what you think!

Saturday, March 24, 2012

The Face That Launched A Thousand Ships

I keep thinking about Helen of Troy today. Perhaps it's because of this old post that I read earlier in the morning. So much has been said and written about her beauty, it's always interesting to see how people have imagined her throughout the ages.



Detail of an Attic red-figure crater, ca. 450–440 BC, found in Gnathia (now Egnazia, Italy). Menelaus intends to strike Helen; struck by her beauty, he drops his swords. A flying Eros and Aphrodite (on the left) watch the scene.




 

The Love of Helen and Paris (detail) is Jacques-Louis David's work from 1788.





Dante Gabriel Rossetti's Helen of Troy is from 1863.





Helen on the Ramparts of Troy, by Gustave Moreau (1826-1898).





This is Helen of Troy by Evelyn de Morgan (1898).





I found this on Etsy, it's an antique 1950 illustration, at FrenchFrouFrou.





And this is called 'The Private Life of Helen of Troy', a giclee canvas print by cheeseboyproducts, a reproduction of a cover of a vintage paperback.

There are so many more depictions of Helen in art. I just put together the ones I liked best. Have a great rest of the weekend!