Mykonos Muse Book
Assouline
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Description
Situated in the Cyclades and surrounded by the blue-green waters of the Aegean Sea, lies whitewashed and windmill-dotted Mykonos, the Island of the Winds. This ancient island and those that surround it, mythologized as the bodies of the gods slain by Hercules in ancient times, are older than legend and have hosted countless cultures for over millennia. Spanning forty square miles and with a population of just ten thousand, “the Ibiza of Greece” has become prized for its magnificent architecture, welcoming and open-minded people, and fantastic beaches. With names such as "Paradise" and "Super Paradise", the sands of these shores have captured the imaginations and hearts of titans of industry, artists and partygoers from around the world, making them a stable and cosmopolitan destination. as an essential refuge on the jet-set circuit.
Features :
- Silk hard cover
- Dimensions: 24.6 x 33 x 3.9 cm
- 300 pages
- More than 200 illustrations
- English language
- 2.9kg
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This book chronicles the culture and society that has defined Mykonos over the past century, from its time as a refuge for luminaries and elites such as Le Corbusier and Antonis Benakis, to its time as a sanctuary for the gay community , passing through its predominant party scene. - while delighting the reader with the ruins and myths hidden there.
Lizy Manola is a Greek photographer. Independent, she focuses on documentary photography. For more than fifteen years, she has traveled and photographed in distant places, where culture and everyday life preserve their natural authenticity. She has published two books with Assouline, Certain Realities and Ethiopian Highlands. His work has been presented in individual and group exhibitions in Greece and around the world. She lives and works in Athens and New York. Thirty years ago she bought a house in Mykonos; Since then, she has spent endless summer vacations on the island.
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