List of Montage Contents:
Middle, from Top to Bottom :
The Lute Player from Limnos, painting by folk artist Theofilos (1870-1934). Kolokotronis and Karaghiozis, stamp of the Republic of Greece.
Left Side, from Left to Right :
Alexander the Great, painting by Asia Minor born hagiographer and author Fotis Kontoglou (1895-1965). Archangel Gabriel, icon (13 th century) from the Holy Monastery of St. Katherine in the Sinai, Egypt. Greek Playing Bouzouki, painting by Nikiforos Lytras (1832-1904). Cretan fighting the German invaders during the Battle of Crete (May 1941). Pontian Dancers. Rebetika singer and composer Vassilis Tsitsanis (1915-1984). Poster “Edo Polytechneio” (Here is the (voice) of the Polytechnic), representing the student uprising against the junta at the Athens Polytechnic (November 1973). Nikos Kazantzakis' (1883-1957) book, Alexis Zorbas. Poster of Costa Gavras' film “Z” (1968). Poet Nikos Gatsos (1911-1992). Poet Odysseas Elytis (1911-1996) won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1979. Poet George Seferis (1900-1971) won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1963. Actress Melina Mercury (1920-1994). Asia Minor born Theater Director Carolos Koun (1908-1986). Manuscript of Kavafi's poem “Ithaca.” Alexandrian poet Constantine Kavafi (1863-1933).
Right Side from Left to Right:
Utah born novelist on Greek immigrant experience, Helen Z. Papanikolas (1917-2004). Greek shoeshine boys (blackboots) in New York, (circa 1920). Poster of film “America, America” (1964) by Asia Minor born Director Elia Kazan (1903-2004). Book by Thea Halo, “Not Even my Name” (2001). Greek Ocean Liner, Piraeus-New York Line. Poster of film “Zorba the Greek” (1964) by Cypriot born Director Michalis Kakoyiannis. Soprano Maria Kallas (1923-1977). Book by Jeffrey Eugenides “Middlesex” (2002). Actor Telly Savalas (1924-1994). Oscar winning actress Olympia Dukakis. Director and Actor John Cassavetes (1929-1989). Michael Dukakis. Senator Paul Sarbanes. Senator Olympia Snowe. John Brademas.
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