LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: Mediterranean

Giardini Naxos, 50 kilometres from Messina, is the most ancient of Sicilian Greek colonies. Founded by Chalcidians in 734 BC, who successively expanded into other areas of Sicily, today it is a renowned tourism resort. This photo was taken during the off-season, but in the summer, the water is a vibrant blue and the beach is crowded with tourists from France, Germany, and other European countries. You can see some of the volcanic rocks (since Giardini-Naxos is located fairly close to Mt. Etna), and the water slide, in the distance.

Giardini Naxos, 50 kilometres from Messina, is the most ancient of Sicilian Greek colonies. Founded by Chalcidians in 734 BC, who successively expanded into other areas of Sicily, today it is a renowned tourism resort. This photo was taken during the off-season, but in the summer, the water is a vibrant blue and the beach is crowded with tourists from France, Germany, and other European countries. You can see some of the volcanic rocks (since Giardini-Naxos is located fairly close to Mt. Etna), and the water slide, in the distance.

Title: Woven strap with a pendant Period: Iron Age Date: ca. 5th–4th century B.C. Geography: Iberian Peninsula Medium: Gold, amber Dimensions: 1 1/8 x 15 1/2 in. (2.9 x 39.4 cm) Classification: Metalwork-Ornament Credit Line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1995 Accession Number: 1995.403.2 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/ancien...

Deep bowl Near Eastern, Levantine, Phoenician, Neo-Assyrian Period, 883–612 B.C. Dimensions: Height: 11.4 cm (4 1/2 in.) Medium or Technique: Gilded silver Classification: Vessels Accession Number: 27.170 Design in two friezes. In the top register soldiers march among date palms accompanied by a mounted rider and two chariots. One chariot is Assyrian in style and carries a bearded man with a conical hat who appears to be Assyrian. The other chariot appears Egyptian and carries a clean-shaven man who also seems to be Egyptian, as do the troops themselves. Below, the "Egyptian" soldiers hunt a lion in a landscape of hills, trees, and plants. The bowl perfectly illustrates the mixture of styles that characterizes Phoenician art of the eastern Mediterranean region. Text from: www.mfa.org/collections/object/deep-bowl-242466

Courbet, Gustave, The Mediterranean, 1857, Oil on canvas; 23 1/4 x 33 1/2 in.; 59.0 x 85.1 cm. Acquired 1924. Paintings, 0341, French. acquired by 1919. On display in Goh Annex, Gal 203. Text from the Phillips Collection website.