Mystras - Μυστράς  1973

In this late landscape Ghika depicts the ruins of Mistras, a fortified medieval town built on Mount Taygetus on the Peloponnese. The work is an important example of Ghika's lyrical depictions of the Greek landscape he so admired, with sinuous line and lyrical dynamic. Labyrinthine paths and ruined arches lead the eye over an almost-abstract architectural network, with s...