Islanders

The Making of the Mediterranean

Anastasia Christophilopolou

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English

Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd
01 July 2023

Accompanying an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, this book explores island identities in the ancient Mediterranean, questioning how 'insularity' being of an island affected and shaped art production and creativity, architectural evolution, migrations and movement of people. It extends beyond the ancient, incorporating current discourses on island versus mainland cultural identities, in contemporary Art and other disciplines.

Throughout history, islands have been treated as distinct places, unlike mainland and continental masses. In geographic terms, islands are merely pieces of land surrounded by water, but the perception of island life has never been neutral. Rather, the term 'insularity' belonging to/being of an island has been romanticized and associated with otherness. Islands have often been deemed to have different

histories from the mainland and with more readily isolated socio-political, cultural and economic characteristics. Yet connectivity has also been an important feature of island life as the sea can be a linking rather than just a dividing body, motivating and maintaining informal and formal connections.

Fifty unique archaeological objects most never displayed before outside Cyprus, Crete and Sardinia tell exceptional stories of insular identity, over a period of 4000 years. The movement of people and episodes of migration between islands and their surrounding mainlands is also explored, through architecture, material culture, crafts and technologies present in the Mediterranean islands.

Islanders has a broad diachronic scope and applies integrative analytical approach, bringing together research findings from scientific fields within archaeology, as well as a multi-scalar approach to past human interaction within continental and island environments.

AUTHOR: Anastasia Christophilopolou is the Senior Curator of the Ancient Mediterranean of the Fitzwilliam Museum. She is responsible for research and exhibition projects and permanent displays in the fields of Greek, Cypriot and Roman Collections.

60 illustrations

Edited by: Anastasia Christophilopolou
Imprint: Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 260mm, Width: 216mm,
ISBN: 9781913645496
ISBN 10: 1913645495
Pages: 104
Publication Date: 01 July 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Anastasia Christophilopolou is the Senior Curator of the Ancient Mediterranean of the Fitzwilliam Museum. She is responsible for research and exhibition projects and permanent displays in the fields of Greek, Cypriot and Roman Collections.

Reviews for Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean

As this new exhibition at Cambridge’s Fitzwilliam Museum shows, [the Mediterranean islands] were remarkably open to outside influence – to foreign materials, skills, fashions and legends. * The Week *