#Mosaic and #fashion on TV: It's an American Crime Story

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A year has passed since my last post. August is a weird month. It kind of breathes mosaic even when I am not holding any tesserae.

I don't know what you think about Versace's murder being the theme for a TV series but the news is certainly mind-boggling for mosaicistas, fashionistas and everyone in between.

And there you have it. The 2nd season of the anthology series American Crime Story unravels the story of Gianni Versace's shocking murder. Of course, I did a little digging and found out what Versace's partner had to say about the series.

Versace's home (Casa Casaurina, now a hotel) is opulently decorated with mosaics and the series should be a feast for our eyes. We'll wait and see.

Click here for breathtaking high resolution pictures from the mansion with mosaic details.

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Onassis with Churchill sitting inside Onassis's yacht swimming pool which converted into a dance floor. This is a picture that inspired one of the best Mosaicology posts written back in 2010 called The land of the Minotaur and Onassis's swimming pool/dance floor.

This image is quite rare. I have tried to find more regarding this but with little luck.

A presto!

Please help me continue sharing the passion for mosaic(ology)

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Today's hot mosaic is from Kivotos Hotel in Mykonos, Greece.

That's EXACTLY where I wish I could be now.

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Today's hot mosaic is from Dara Marela Blog.

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Am I loving this now.....I can almost see Aphrodite being reborn here. A spectacular mosaic tub with unglazed tiles for an antique minimal edge. A jewel. This is heaven. By artist Artist Stevie Meder for Artaic.

Semiramis mosaic swimming pool

Semiramis, an alternative and stylish hotel in Athens Greece is the result of Karim Rashid artistic impact fused with owner Dakis Joannou’s vision. The hotel is distinguished for its colours, positive energy and design. Its location is rather a surprise. Right in the centre of Athens!

Upon a reader's comment I was reminded that I should do a post on this hotel considering the lovely mosaic swimming pool. Thank you for reminding me.

I will be blogging again in September.

My dear friends, have a cool summer!


images via http://cubeme.com/blog/2007/08/08/semiramis-hotel-by-karim-rashid/
last two images from http://semiramis.athenshotels.it

The most opulent swimming pool

I wanted to add a refreshing summer tone to the blog today considering the weather, the mood and the all so many dream destinations.

I chose this spectacular, lavishing swimming pool to share with you.

The pool is in Gianni Versace’s former mansion in Miami formerly known as Casa Casuarina now The Villa by Barton G.

 The pool is named the "Thousand Mosaic Pool" and some mosaic tiles are actually made of gold.

photo from here 

ps: I take the occasion to say WELCOME to my new followers!

The land of the Minotaur + Onassis's swimming pool/dance floor

For my last post of the summer, I chose some mosaics from Hersonissos, a summer resort 25 km away from Heraklion, the capital of Crete (Greece) and a little "surprise" swimming pool, both linked to Crete and Heraklion (the land of the Minotaur)..

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The following frieze with the jumping bull is a very famous fresco from Knossos, Crete which I wanted to include in this post, as it is linked with mosaics in the sense that Aristoteles Onassis had a mosaic floor for the swimming pool of his yacht designed on the basis of this specific fresco. This is what I had read in one of my mosaic books years back and on the occasion of this post I said, let me see if I can find out more and get pictures of this swimming pool ! I have been truly lucky.....

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Here it is right here (picture shows Onassis with Churchill) - look where they are sitting on! From what I read from the pic source Onassis's party trick was to flood the swimming pool (which also served as a dancing floor) while people were still dancing. Read more here

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VERY BEST SUMMER WISHES!