Wish we were

In Sicily, or failing that, the Sicily: Culture and Conquest exhibition at The British Museum.

The latest exhibition at The British Museum shows 4000 years of the region’s history. Sicily: Culture and Conquest shows original artefact from which a lot of Sicilian art and architecture has since been influenced by. Here are just a few things we have seen and are responsible for our wanderlust.

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14th Century copy of a map of Sicily. A double page map of Sicily from Al-Idrisi’s Treatise, Unknown, c1300-1500AD. © The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford.

 

Enamel peacock decoration
Lid of a casket with peacock decoration, Enamel, gold, copper, Probably Sicily, c.1250–1300 © The Trustees of the British Museum
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Limestone head from a temple. Selinous, Sicily, c. 540–510 BC. Museo Archeologico Regionale A Salinas, Palermo, © Regione Siciliana.
Terracotta altar with three women
Terracotta altar with three women and a panther mauling a bull. Gela, Sicily. C.500 BC. Museo Archeologico Regionale di Gela © Regione Siciliana.
A tombstone in four languages, Marble, Palermo, Sicily, 1149 AD. Soprintendenza di Palermo © Regione Siciliana
A tombstone in four languages, Marble, Palermo, Sicily, 1149 AD. Soprintendenza di Palermo © Regione Siciliana

The exhibition is on until 14th August. For more information on these and many more artefacts, we have some copies of the book that accompanies the exhibition.

IMG_6806Sicily: Culture and Conquest £30.00

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