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Valley of the Temples
$22.00
A ridge above Agrigento, looking south toward the Mediterranean. Eight Doric temples, mostly fifth-century BC, built when this was Akragas, one of the great Greek cities of the western Mediterranean. The Temple of Concordia is still standing because the Christians turned it into a church in the sixth century AD and didn't tear it down. In February the almond trees bloom along the ridge between the columns. By July the stone is the colour of old honey and the cicadas start at noon.
Slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, in our family studio in Knoxville, Tennessee.