ROMANESQUE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Monday 16 April
Chair: Lindy Grant (President, BAA)
10.00Registration - General Introduction
10.30Bruzelius & TronzoThe Kingdom of Sicily: The Norman Contribution
11.30Tea/coffee
12.00Eric FernieThe cathedral of Canosa and the relationship between Byzantine and Romanesque styles in Architecture
12.30Mark Joseph JohnsonThe Tomb of Bohemond in Canosa and its relation to Byzantium
13.00Questions
13:15Lunch
Chair: John McNeill (Hon. Sec, BAA)
14.30Béla Zsolt SzakácsHungary, Byzantium, Italy: Architectural Connections in the Eleventh Century
15.00Claude Andrault-SchmittA Western Interpretation of an Oriental Scheme: The Domed Churches of Romanesque Aquitaine
15.30Questions
15.45Tea/Coffee
16.15Rose WalkerCarving and Construction from Medieval Spain after the Fall of the Caliphate
16.45Tom NicksonInventing Romanesque in Conquest Spain
17.15Questions
20.00Conference DinnerRistorante Kursaal Kalhesa
Tuesday 17 April
Chair: Jeremy Johns (Khalili Research Centre, Oxford University)
10.00Mariam Rosser-OwenThe Oliphant: A Symbol of Mediterranean Hybridity?
10.30Eva HoffmanThe Space of Exchange: Shaping Visual Culture and Identity in the Medieval Mediterranean
11.00Questions
11.15Tea/Coffee
11.45Gerardo BotoSparkles of Damascus in the Mirrors of the Reconquest: Oriental Monstrous Creatures in 10th and 11th-Century Spanish Monastic Scriptoria
12.15Francesca AnzelmoThe nave ceiling of the Cappella Palatina in Palermo, and painted muqarnas decoration across the Mediterranean in the 11th and 12th centuries
12.45Questions
13.00Lunch
Chair: Mariam Rosser-Owen (Victoria & Albert Museum, London)
14.15Ittai WeinrybMediterranean Thresholds: Barisanus of Trani, Bonanus of Pisa and the Making of the Mediterranean Bronze Industry
14.45Rosa BacileThe Porphyry and Rock Crystal Workshop in Palermo and the Origins of its Sculptors, 1140-1176
15.15Questions
15.30Tea/Coffee
16.00Anna ContadiniThe Pisa Griffin, Lucca Falcon and Mari-Cha Lion
16.30Jeremy JohnsThe Painted Ceilings of the Cappella Palatina
17.00Questions
17.30ReceptionOrto Botanico
19.00Coaches to Palazzo dei Normanni for visit to Royal Palace and Cappella Palatina
Wednesday 18 April
Chair: Manuel Castiñeiras (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
10.00Martin BiddleThe Tomb of Christ Rebuilt: Recovery from the Destruction of 1009
10.30John McNeillBuilding Jerusalem in Western France: The Case of St-Sauveur at Charroux
11.00Questions
11.15Tea/Coffee
11.45Hugh KennedyCrusader Castles
12.15Jaroslav FoldaTwelfth-Century Jerusalem and Bethlehem: Points of Contact between Europe and the Near East
12.45Questions
13.00Lunch
Chair: Jeremy Ashbee (English Heritage)
14.30Ludovico GeymonatByzantine and Romanesque in the Baptistery at Parma
15.00Manuel CastiñeirasCatalan Panel Painting around 1200 and the Art of the Eastern Mediterranean
15.30Questions
15.45Tea/Coffee
Chair: Richard Plant (Christie’s Education, London)
16.15Dulce OcónThe Paintings of the Chapter-House at Sigena and the Art of the Crusader Kingdoms
16.45Jordi CampsCatalonia, Provence and the Holy Land: Late 12th- Century Sculpture in Barcelona
17.15Questions
17.30Conclusion
20.00Conference DinnerConvento Sant’Anna (Galleria d’Arte Moderna)