Κοινότητα Αναγνωστών Βιβλίων - readers.gr

The idea of publishing this concise introduction was entirely that of the director of the Benaki Museum, Angelos Delivorrias, and I am truly grateful to him for the exceptional honor of entrusting its realization to me. I am also grateful for his continuous encouragement and interest in my work and for his acute suggestions and observations, which made a significant contribution to the shape of the text. The inauguration of the Museum of Islamic Art seemed an ideal opportunity for attempting to give the visitor an outline of the ideas which engendered the works of art on vi...

Greece' s geographic position has been a crucial factor in determining the major role played by hellenism throughout a historical period extending from remotest antiquity to the expiration of the Byzantine era. It occupies an exceptionally advantageous location on the map, at a point where Europe meets Asia and where the North greets the southern winds from Africa. This no doubt explains Greece' s sense of familiarity with its neighbours, and especially its conspicuous acceptance of the racial and cultural individualities of the other. Independently of the friendly or hosti...