Platris
Creator:
Rudyerd, Reginald Barrows (1848-1888)
Date:
1888
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Description:
Esme Scott Stevenson, wife of the Commissioner of Kyrenia wrote in 1878 of the mountain villages: The houses are so closely built together that a mule can barely pass. It seemed doubtful if our horses could do so, and the roofs came so low that I had to lie forward on my saddle to prevent being swept off. The roofs overhang the walls some two feet and are composed of brushwood, laid layer and layer on sticks and made waterproof with a coating of mud. In places they almost meet, forming a complete shelter from the sun. Her words have been put on paper by Captain Reginald Burrows Rudyerd. This view of the old settlement of Platres village further exposes an elaborate construction of three earthen ovens and clay storage jars of the kind used by villagers for storing wine, oil or crops for the winter months. Typically, the man of the family, in a standing pose, supervises his wife who is bent in two carrying out her chores. Two children are playing in the foreground. It must be summer as there is no indication of greenery in an area adjacent to the forest. The artist expresses the dryness and heat by his choice of yellow and brown colours.
Dimensions:
16 x 26 cm
Signature(s):
Unsigned
Identifier:
PNT-00450
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