[Discussion] Artistic Interactions in Medieval Europe, Byzantium and the Islamic World

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

*"A Mosaic of Cultures. Artistic Interactions in Medieval Europe,
Byzantium and the Islamic World". An Art History Symposium, Villanova
University, March 19th 2005 *

	

	

	

	

Organized by the College of Arts and Sciences and the History Department
at Villanova University the conference will explore artistic
interactions between Medieval Europe, Byzantium and the Islamic World.

The encounters of peoples of different ethnic, religious and other
cultural backgrounds in Medieval Europe, Byzantium and the Islamic World
have left their mark on a multitude of monuments that survive today.
With topics ranging from Islamic architecture to the changing
significance of the relics of the True Cross in Medieval Europe and the
Art of Frankish Cyprus the speakers will investigate cultural exchange
as a fluid process that finds resonance in visual culture. Panelists
include Kim Bowes (Fordham University), Anthony Cutler (Pennsylvania
State University), Ludovico Geymonat (Princeton University), Heather
Grossman (University of Chicago), Cecily Hillsdale (University of
Michigan), Lynn Jones (Independent Scholar), Renata Holod (University of
Pennsylvania), Dale Kinney (Bryn Mawr College), James Schryver (Cornell
University), Rustam Shukurov (University of Moscow/Dumbarton Oaks),
Alicia Walker (Columbia University).

	Diana McFadden or Victoria Tsoukala
Email: diana.mcfadden@villanova.edu, victoria.tsoukala@villanova.edu
<mailto:diana.mcfadden@villanova.edu,%20victoria.tsoukala@villanova.edu>
Visit the website at
http://.history.villanova.edu/arthistory/mosaicofcultures.htm
<http://.history.villanova.edu/arthistory/mosaicofcultures.htm>