DESCENT TO THE MEDITERRENEAN
Vladimir Kush
38" x 22.5"
Limited Edition Giclee Canvas: 250

Mare nostrum – “our sea” called ancient Romans to the Mediterranean Sea. And it really has become “theirs” to the people of North and South, West and East. “Dahin!” (There!) - a great German poet Goethe exclaims in one of his poems. And, having left unresolved important issues in his native Germany, he rushes to south to take his famous journey to Italy. We see here the sun-filled shadow of all travelers. These pilgrims to the Mediterranean world will descend to Italy and Greece, the Holy Land and Egypt…