Cyprus as a Crossroads of Art: From Antiquity to the Medieval Period
An evening of talks at Cyprus House on the island as a meeting point of Greek, Phoenician and Egyptian traditions, from the Archaic period to the medieval.
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The Cultural Section of the Cyprus High Commission opens Cyprus House on St James’s Square for an evening on the island’s position between East and West, and what that position did to its art. Alexis Kyriacou, an archaeologist and doctoral researcher, presents Sculpture and Identity in Archaic Cyprus (740–475 BC), reading the limestone votive figures found across the island as hybrid forms in which Greek, Phoenician, Egyptian and native traditions meet. Dr Mark Merrony, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and of Wolfson College, Oxford, turns to the mosaics of Kykkos Monastery and the medieval inheritance. Two half-hour talks are followed by discussion with the room, and a reception. Admission is free, with reservation required.