The Habsburgs and their Courts in Europa, 1400-1700.
Between Cosmopolitism and Regionalism

7 DECEMBER:
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Theatersaal
14.00 Registration and Introduction
PRESENTATIONS BY EARLY-CAREER RESEARCHERS
Chair: Pieter MARTENS (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
14.30 Andreas PUTH (Universität Leipzig): Habsburg rule and Austrian past visualized: the Wappenwand at Wiener Neustadt and Frederick III’s Repraesentatio Majestatis
14.55 Katharina VAN CAUTEREN (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven): ‘Victor Orbis’: the Emperor, the Sultan and the artistic battles of the last world emperor
15.20 Madelon SIMONS (University of Amsterdam): Archduke Ferdinand II and his ‘theatrum’ of representation in Prague (1547-1567)
15.45 Paola MOLINO (European University Institute, Florence/FWF-project Fugger Zeitung, Vienna): The making of court libraries at the end of the 16th century: the Imperial Library in Vienna and the Real Biblioteca of the Escorial in comparison
16.10 Coffee break
16.25 Laura FERNANDEZ GONZALEZ (University of Edinburgh): ‘Historia Pro Patria’: the Hall of Battles in El Escorial Monastery and the fame of the Universal Monarch
16.50 Milton Pedro DIAS PACHECO (Universidade Nova de Lisboa): Palaces on the edge of the Atlantic: the architectural reformation and the space ritualization of the Portuguese royal residences during the reign of Philip I of Habsburg (1580-1598)
17.15 Sara FUENTES LAZARO (Universidad Complutense de Madrid): Stairways to Heaven: dynastic symbolism and illusionistic painting in the Spanish Habsburgs’ palace-monasteries (1666-1692)

Hofburg, Kongresszentrum, Rittersaal
CEREMONIAL OPENING
19.00 Opening and Introduction
19.45 Opening Lecture: Larry SILVER (University of Pennsylvania): Europe’s Turkish Nemesis

THURSDAY 8 DECEMBER
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Theatersaal
"REPRAESENTATIO MAJESTATIS" AND RESIDENCY
9.00 Introduction – Chair: Krista DE JONGE (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) & Bernardo J. GARCÍA GARCÍA (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
9.15 Nicole RIEGEL (Universität Würzburg): Bausteine eines Residenzprojekts: Kaiser Maximilian I. in Innsbruck
9.50 Renate HOLZSCHUH-HOFER (Bundesdenkmalamt, Wien): Multiple identities of Casa Austria during the 16th century: the function of ‘Residence Architecture’ designed as an enduring component within the culture of presence, ‘Präsenzkultur’, of the early modern time
10.25 Ivan Prokop MUCHKA (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague): Architectura ancilla musicae. Architecture in relationship to music at the Habsburg courts in Central Europe
11.00 Coffee break
11.30 Walter CUPPERI (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München): Reassessing the role of sculpture in the royal residences of Madrid (1568-1636)
12.05 Eva-Bettina KREMS (Philipps-Universität Marburg): Transfer of portraits as an indication of political strategies: Dynastic identity and European politics of the Spanish Habsburgs in the middle of the 17th century
12.40 Lunch

IMPERIAL, ROYAL OR PRINCELY IDENTITY AND REGIONAL PATRIOTISM
14.00 Introduction – Chair: Lubomír KONE?NÝ (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague)
14.15 Dagmar EICHBERGER (Universität Trier & Universität Heidelberg): Official portraits and regional identities. The case of Emperor Maximilian I (1459-1519)
14.50 Marie-Elizabeth DUCREUX (Centre de Recherches Historiques, EHESS, Paris): Royal blood, wisdom and virtues: Hungarian and Bohemian medieval Holy Rulers’ revival in the 17th century
15.25 Coffee break
15.55 Jan BAŽANT (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague): The Habsburg imperial mythology and Waldstein palace in Prague
16.30 Diana DUCHO?OVÁ (Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava): Between Habsburg influence and Hungarian tradition. The court of Palatine Nicolaus Esterhazy (1625-1645)
17.05 Cezary TARACHA (Catholic University, Lublin): The courts of the Spanish and Austrian Habsburgs as related by Jakub Sobieski in the first half of the 17th century

FRIDAY 9 DECEMBER
09.00 Excursion (speakers only)

Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Theatersaal
HABSBURG AND MUSLIMS
14.00 Introduction – Chair: Karl VOCELKA (University of Vienna)
14.15 Pál ÁCS (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest): ‘The good and honest Turk’. A European legend in the context of the 16th-century oriental studies in the Habsburg Empire
14.50 Annick BORN (Ghent University): Suleiman and Charles V: iconographic discourse and enhancement of power and magnificence
15.25 Jochen MARTZ (Technische Universität Dresden): The cultivation of rare tulips in the court gardens of the Ottoman Empire as well as of the Habsburg sphere as an important symbol of power and representation
16.00 Coffee break
16.30 Aygül A?IR (Istanbul Technical University): The Habsburg ambassadors’ and delegations’ impressions of Istanbul with a special emphasis on the Topkap? Palace (16th century)
17.05 Andrea SOMMER-MATHIS (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna): ‘Alla turca’. Turkish elements in theatre and festivities at the Habsburg courts during the 16th and 17th centuries
17.40 Catherine WILKINSON ZERNER (Brown University, Providence): The Spanish Habsburgs and the arts of Islamic Iberia

SATURDAY 10 DECEMBER
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Theatersaal
RELIGIOUS PRACTICES AND THE COURT – I
9.00 Introduction – Chair: Thomas WINKELBAUER (University of Vienna)
9.15 Luc DUERLOO (University of Antwerp): A time and a place for eternity. Dynastic ideology between contingency and performance
9.50 Ilaria HOPPE (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin): The Villa Poggio Imperiale in Florence under Mary Magdalen of Austria
10.25 Werner TELESKO (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna): The ‘Pietas Austriaca’ – a political myth? On the instrumentalisation of piety towards the cross at the Viennese court in the 17th century
11.00 Coffee break
11.30 Vanessa DE CRUZ MEDINA (Fundación Carlos de Amberes, Madrid): Anna Dorothea at the Descalzas Reales (1622-1693): pious patronage, dynastic networks and forms of representation
12.05 Sebastian SCHÜTZE (University of Vienna): Juan Carreño’s ‘Foundation of the Trinitarian Order’ (Louvre) and the Pietas Austriaca
12.40 Lunch

RELIGIOUS PRACTICES AND THE COURT – II
Chair: Thomas WINKELBAUER (University of Vienna)
14.00 Till-Holger BORCHERT (Groeningemuseum Bruges): Dynastical memory: Habsburg, Burgundy and the Empire
14.35 Annemarie JORDAN GSCHWEND (CHAM, Universidade Nova de Lisboa): Pietas Austriaca at the Lisbon court. The monumental chapel and funerary tombs of Catherine of Austria in the San Jerónimos monastic complex in Belém
15.10 Juan Luis GONZÁLEZ GARCÍA (Universidad Complutense de Madrid): Preachers, portraitists and nude collectors in the court of Madrid (c. 1590-1630)
15.45 Coffee break

REVIEW AND PREVIEW
16.15 Bruno MEIER (Baden, Aargau): Bescheidene Burgen und kleine Städte. Die Präsenz der Dynastie in den vorderösterreichischen Stammlanden im Spätmittelalter (12. bis 15. Jh.)
16.35 Eva MICHEL (Albertina, Vienna): Preview to the exhibition “Emperor Maximilian I (1459–1519) and the art of his time” (Albertina, September 2012 – January 2013)
17.00 Announcement of future PALATIUM events
17.15 End of the conference

Convenors:
Dr. Ingrid CIULISOVÁ (Slovak Academy of Sciences)
Dr. Herbert KARNER (Austrian Academy of Sciences)

Scientific Committee:
Dr. Ingrid CIULISOVÁ (Slovak Academy of Sciences), PALATIUM Steering Committee member
Professor Krista DE JONGE (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), PALATIUM Chair
Professor Bernardo J. GARCÍA GARCÍA (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), PALATIUM Co-Chair
Dr. Herbert KARNER (Austrian Academy of Sciences), PALATIUM Steering Committee member
Dr. Pieter MARTENS (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), PALATIUM Programme Coordinator

Coordination & Contact:
Dr. Herbert KARNER
Austrian Academy of Sciences
Kommission für Kunstgeschichte
A 101 Wien, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2
Herbert.Karneroeaw.ac.at

Venue:
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Theatersaal 1010 Wien, Sonnenfelsgasse 19
Hofburg, Kongresszentrum, Rittersaal
1010 Wien, Heldenplatz 2 (Entrance via "Schweizerhof")

Programme & Abstracts: www.oeaw.ac.at/kunst
www.courtresidences.eu
www.dejum.sav.sk