Glass Art for your Car
A different POV of the amazing glass sculpture, Chrysis, by the French masters at Lalique. For Steven Hromnak ! who also appreciates high level art.
Still available as paper weights for only about a $Grand, but a genuine early 30s mascot with provenance has sold at auction for more than 50,000 Pounds. This one has the light under the mascot that could be turned on with a switch under the dashboard.
Rene Lalique (1860-1945) established what became the premier glass designer and creater of glass art in France, and his company still thrives in Paris.
Chrysis, my favorite of his many stunning designs for Automobile mascots, is particularly stunning when lit at night, and would have been on the best of the best of European and American cars.
Chrysis was the High-priestess of the Goddess Hera, the Queen of the Gods and wife to Zeus and co-ruled with him on the peaks of Olympus. It was the highest religious office in Ancient Argos, and its official enjoyed great prestige and played an official role. The temple of Hera on Argos was a Pan-Hellenic sanctuary, and her office was that of great status not only in Argos but in all Greece. Chrysis was High Priestess at the time of the Peloponesian War. She is known for having inadvertently caused a fire that led to the destruction of the temple. Thucydides mentions in book 2 of his history of the Peloponesian War that at the outbreak of the war, in 431 BC, Chrysis was in the 48th year of her tenure as head priestess of Argos. The burning of the temple, in the summer of 423 BC, is mentioned in book 4 of the same work. According to Thucydides, Chrysis placed a light near a curtain and then fell asleep. She survived the fire and fled from Argos to the nearby city of Phlius, but the Temple was destroyed.
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Glass Art for your Car
A different POV of the amazing glass sculpture, Chrysis, by the French masters at Lalique. For Steven Hromnak ! who also appreciates high level art.
Still available as paper weights for only about a $Grand, but a genuine early 30s mascot with provenance has sold at auction for more than 50,000 Pounds. This one has the light under the mascot that could be turned on with a switch under the dashboard.
Rene Lalique (1860-1945) established what became the premier glass designer and creater of glass art in France, and his company still thrives in Paris.
Chrysis, my favorite of his many stunning designs for Automobile mascots, is particularly stunning when lit at night, and would have been on the best of the best of European and American cars.
Chrysis was the High-priestess of the Goddess Hera, the Queen of the Gods and wife to Zeus and co-ruled with him on the peaks of Olympus. It was the highest religious office in Ancient Argos, and its official enjoyed great prestige and played an official role. The temple of Hera on Argos was a Pan-Hellenic sanctuary, and her office was that of great status not only in Argos but in all Greece. Chrysis was High Priestess at the time of the Peloponesian War. She is known for having inadvertently caused a fire that led to the destruction of the temple. Thucydides mentions in book 2 of his history of the Peloponesian War that at the outbreak of the war, in 431 BC, Chrysis was in the 48th year of her tenure as head priestess of Argos. The burning of the temple, in the summer of 423 BC, is mentioned in book 4 of the same work. According to Thucydides, Chrysis placed a light near a curtain and then fell asleep. She survived the fire and fled from Argos to the nearby city of Phlius, but the Temple was destroyed.
AS ALWAYS....COMMENTS & INVITATIONS with AWARD BANNERS will be respectfully DELETED!