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Image Gallery

The image gallery serves to illustrate the conceptual categories and regional contexts outlined in this website.

Further information may be found on the publications listed on the library page.

The image gallery is organised according to identified themes and will be updated on a regular basis.

The upcoming themes are listed below, with more to be added in due course:

Lines, Contours, and Script, Gaze, Paysage, Trees, Fortifications, Upheaval, Colour, Faktura, Massacres, Sensuality, War.

Lines, Contours, and Script

E ‘l buon Sordello in terra fregò ‘l dito,
dicendo: «Vedi? sola questa riga
non varcheresti dopo ‘l sol partito:

Dante, La Divina Commedia, Pur. 7.52-54

Daniel Buren (FRANCE), 'Excentrique(s), travail in situ', 2012.webp

France

Daniel Buren, 'Excentrique(s), travail in situ', 2012

Christoforos Savva, Composition with White, Red, Blue and Green, 1966-67.jpg

Cyprus

Christoforos Savva, 'Composition with White, Red, Blue and Green', 1966-67

Alexis Akrithakis (GREECE), In the Court of Absalom (tsiki-tsiki), 1965.jpg

Greece

Alexis Akrithakis, 'In the Court of Absalom (tsiki-tsiki)', 1965

Maria Lai (SARDINIA), Tenendo per mano il sole [Holding the sun by the hand], 1984-2004..j

Sardinia

Maria Lai, 'Holding the sun by the hand', 1984-2004

Tano Festa (SICILY), Da Michelangelo, 1978..jpg

Sicily

Tano Festa, 'Da Michelangelo', 1978

Francesco Clemente, 'Watchtowers, Keys, Threads, Gates', 2017.jpg

Naples

Francesco Clemente, 'Watchtowers, Keys, Threads, Gates', 2017

Takwa Abu Barnosa (LIBYA), Fear, 2015..png

Libya

Takwa Abu Barnosa, 'Fear', 2015

Ahmed Moustafa (EGYPT), Blue Fugue, 1943.jpg

Egypt

Ahmed Moustafa, 'Blue Fugue', 1943

Rachid Koraïchi (ALGERIA), Les osties bleues, 2018..jpg

Algeria

Rachid Koraïchi, 'Les osties bleues', 2018

Nja Mahdaoui (TUNISIA), Calligrams, 1990.webp

Tunisia

Nja Mahdaoui, 'Calligrams', 1990

Bedri Rahmi Eyüpoğlu, Kırmızı Bacaklı, 1956 (1).jpg

Türkiye

Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu, 'Kırmızı Bacaklı', 1956

Abed Abdi (PALESTINE), Longing to the Homeland, 2020. (1).jpg

Palestine

Abed Abdi, 'Longing to the Homeland', 2020

Ahmed Cherkaoui (MOROCCO), Composition Abstraite, 1962. (1).jpg

Morocco

Ahmed Cherkaoui, 'Composition Abstraite', 1962

FP - Contours - 1983.png

Malta

Frank Portelli, 'Contours', 1983

Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci, 'Metall u Skiet', 2022

Malta

Giuseppe Schembri Bonaci, 'Metall u Skiet', 2022

Antoni Tàpies (SPAIN), L'esperit Català, 1971.jpg

Spain

Antoni Tàpies, 'L'esperit Català', 1971

Cristóbal Gabarrón, 'Habitat 15', c.1997 (1).jpg

Spain

Cristóbal Gabarrón, 'Habitat 15', c.1997

Marcello Morandini (SICILY), 1B-1964, 2016..jpg

Italy

Marcello Morandini, '1B-1964', 2016

Italo Lanfredi (ITALY), Labirinto di Arianna, 1990.jpg

Italy

Italo Lanfredi, 'Labirinto di Arianna', 1990

Gaze

Il velluto dello sguardo di Dunja

Fulmineo torna presente pietà.

Giuseppe Ungaretti, L'Impietrito e il velluto, 1970

Édouard Manet (FRANCE), A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, 1882._edited.jpg

France

Édouard Manet, 'A Bar at the Folies-Bergère', 1882
(Detail)

Diamantis Cyprus Mother nad Child 1992 (1)_edited.jpg

Cyprus

Adamantios Diamantis, 'Mother and Child', 1992
(Detail)

YiannisTsarouchis (GREECE), Woman from Elevsin, 1948.JPG

Greece

Yiannis Tsarouchis, 'Woman from Elevsin', 1948
(Detail)

Francesco Ciusa (SARDINIA), La madre dell'ucciso, 1906-07.png

Sardinia

Francesco Ciusa, 'La madre dell'ucciso', 1906-07
(Detail)

Mario Delitala Gaze.jpg

Sardinia

Mario Delitala, 'Ritratto', 1957
(Detail)

Libero Andreotti, 'Seated Woman', 1915_edited.jpg

Italy

Libero Andreotti, 'Seated Woman', 1915
(Detail)

Carlo Striccoli (NAPLES), 'In Poltrona',.jpg

Naples

Carlo Striccoli, 'In Poltrona'
(Detail)

Arwa Abouon (LIBYA), Generation Series, 2004.jpeg

Libya

Arwa Abouon, 'Generation Series', 2004
(Detail)

Inji Efflatoun (EGYPT), Portrait of a Prisoner, 1959..jpg

Egypt

Inji Efflatoun, 'Portrait of a Prisoner', 1959
(Detail)

Mohammed Issiakhem (ALGERIA), Femme et Mur, 1977-78.jpg

Algeria

Mohammed Issiakhem, 'Femme et Mur', 1977-78
(Detail)

Nicene Kossentini (TUNISIA), 'Boujmal Salima', 2011_edited.jpg

Tunisia

Nicene Kossentini, 'Boujmal Salima', 2011
(Detail)

Nuri Iyem (TURKEY), Sıradan Sevdalılar (Ordinary Lovers), c.1970s.jpeg

Türkiye

Nuri Iyem, 'Sıradan Sevdalılar', c.1970s
(Detail)

Abed Abdi (PALESTINE), Mother and Child, 1968.jpg

Palestine

Abed Abdi, 'Mother and Child', 1968
(Detail)

Hassan El Glaoui (MOROCCO), 'Portrait de Glaoui', _edited.jpg

Morocco

Hassan El Glaoui, 'Portrait'
(Detail)

Esprit Barthet (MALTA), Mari tal-Bajd, 1964..jpg

Malta

Esprit Barthet, 'Mari tal-Bajd', 1964
(Detail)

Pablo Picasso, 'Woman in Blue', 1901_edited.jpg

Spain

Pablo Picasso, 'Woman in Blue', 1901
(Detail)

Renato Guttuso (ITALY), 'Ritratto della madre', 1939-1940_edited.jpg

Sicily

Renato Guttuso, 'Ritratto della madre', 1939-1940
(Detail)

louay Kayyali, 'Grey Lady', 1972.jpg

Syria

Louay Kayyali, 'Grey Lady', 1972
(Detail)

Paysage

nisma’ ġol-fraxxnu u ġol-ħarrub tal-plajja
bħal karba twila ta’ min q’għed ibati
u jigdem l-art fl-uġigħ tal-aħħar firda;

Dun Karm Psaila, Wied Qirda,1933

Naples- Ettore maria Bergler, 'View from Taormina', 1907.jpg

Naples

Ettore Maria Bergler, 'View from Taormina', 1907

Sicily- Antonino Leto, 'A Hundred and Ten Years in Ischia', 1881 (1).png

Sicily

Antonino Leto, 'A Hundred and Ten Years in Ischia', 1881

France- Othon Friesz, 'Paysage, Mourillon', 1937 (1).jpg

France

Othon Friesz, 'Paysage, Mourillon', 1937

Palestine- Ibrahim Ghannam, 'The Harvest', 1979.jpg

Palestine

Ibrahim Ghannam, 'The Harvest', 1979

Syria- Fateh al-Moudarres, 'Landscape', 1971.jpeg

Syria

Fateh al-Moudarres, 'Landscape', 1971

Morocco- Moulay Ahmed Drissi, 'Untitled', undated.jpg

Morocco

Moulay Ahmed Drissi, 'Untitled', undated

Turkey- Fikret Muallâ, 'Moda', undated.jpg

Türkiye

Fikret Muallâ, 'Moda', undated

Libya- Muhammad Abdulhamid As-Said, ‘Two Boats and a Hut’, undated (1).png

Libya

Muhammad Abdulhamid As-Said, ‘Two Boats and a Hut’, undated

Greece- Konstantinos Parthenis Attika, 'The Little Church of Cephalonia', c.1920-25.jpg

Greece

Konstantinos Parthenis, 'The Little Church of Cephalonia', c.1920-25

Spain- Mariano Bertuchi, 'Barrio judío de la ciudad de Tetuán', undated (1).webp

Spain

Mariano Bertuchi, 'Barrio judío de la ciudad de Tetuán', undated

Tunisia- Edgard Naccache, 'Boats and Barges', undated.webp.png

Tunisia

Edgard Naccache, 'Boats and Barges', undated

Egypt- Mahmoud Said, ' Le Canal de Mahmoudieh', 1922.jpeg

Egypt

Mahmoud Said, ' Le Canal de Mahmoudieh', 1922