Louvre Museum, Paris – Exhibition: Cyprus between Byzantium and the West, 4th-16th Centuries
Held at the Louvre Museum in Paris from 28 October 2012 to 28 January 2013, supported by the A. G. Leventis Foundation, this exhibition traces the remarkable artistic history of Cyprus from the 4th century AD to the Turkish conquest of the island in 1571. Visitors are invited to explore each of the major periods in the chequered history of medieval Cyprus; in turn Byzantine, Latin, Gothic and Venetian, but influenced thoroughly by a strong Byzantine heritage. The exhibition brought together for the first time artworks from around ten Cypriot museums and from the collections of the Diocese of Nicosia, along with several others. It also includes major loans from the public collections of France, Italy, the United States, Hungary and the United Kingdom. The Louvre’s Department of Sculptures complemented the display with a special feature on French archaeologist and art historian Camille Enlart (1862-1927) and his seminal contribution to the study of the art of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance in Cyprus.
Grants given:
2012, 2013
