The Ancient Mediterranean Sea in Modern Visual and Performing Arts

When thinking about the Mediterranean, Fernand Braudel''s haunting words resound like an echo of the sea and its millenary history. From Prehistory until today, the Mediterranean has been setting, witness and protagonist of mythical adventures, of encounters with the Other, of battles and the rise and fall of cultures and empires, of the destinies of humans. Braudel''s appeal for a long durée hist...