eternal stone

the series consists of paintings of some of the most impressive stone structures selected from the history of civilization, recklessly challenging time, silently standing tall with all their grandeur for hundreds or even thousands of years.  the ages of these structures are painted as dots on the foreground, each of which is representing a decade

the series contains  10  paintings

201212 / caravanserais sultan han / arches of  the courtyard  /  aksaray, konya  /  alaeddin keykubat  / state of seljuks  /  1229 / oil painting on canvas / 

130 x 140 cm

201213 /  twin tombs  /  van  /  teymur and ahmet paschas  /  ottoman empire  / 1796  /  oil painting on canvas 

130 x 140 cm

201214 / hagia sophia   /  istanbul  /  geneose colony in constantinople  /  byzantin empire  /  537  /  oil painting on canvas  /

130 x 140 cm

201215 / galata tower  (christea turris)   /  istanbul  /  byzantine empire  /  1348  /  oil painting on canvas

130 x 140 cm

201216 / maglova aqueduct  /  alibeyköy stream valley, istanbul  /  mimar sinan  /  ottoman empire  / 1562  / oil painting on canvas

130 x 140 cm

201217 / tachara palace  /  shiraz, iran  /  darius  ı   /  persian empire  /  480 b.c.  /   oil painting on canvas

130 x 140 cm

201218 / church of surb prkitch, the holy savior   /  ani, kars  /  armenian bagratids   / 1036  / oil painting on canvas

130 x 140 cm

201219 / pyramid of the magician   /  uxmal, yucatan, mexico  /  mayans  /  10th century  / oil painting on canvas

130 x 140 cm

201220 /  ..........  /  troy, çanakkale   / unknown   /   oil painting on canvas  

130 x 140 cm

201221 / triple kumbets  /  erzurum  / state of saltuks / 14th century  / oil painting on canvas

130 x 140 cm