A l’Orientale - Collecting, Displaying and Appropriating Islamic Art and Architecture in the 19th and early 20th centuries
International conference
Organizers:
Prof. Dr. Francine Giese (University of Zurich),
Prof. Dr. Mercedes Volait (CNRS/InVisu),
Dr. Ariane Varela Braga (University of Zurich)
Cooperations:
Museum Rietberg Zürich,
Moser Familienmuseum Charlottenfels der Heinrich und
Henri Moser Stiftung in Neuhausen bei Schaffhausen
Keynotes Speakers:
Kjeld v. Folsach (The David Collection, Copenhagen),
Yannick Lintz (Musée du Louv-re, Paris), Tim Stanley (Victoria and Albert Museum, London),
Stefan Weber (Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin)
Registration open: http://www.transculturalstudies.ch/en/index/conferences/display-conference/registration.html
Program
4th May 2017
Museum Rietberg Zurich, Park-Villa Rieter, Vortragssaal
DAY 1: ORIENTAL TASTE AND DISPLAY
13.30-14.00
Welcome and Registration
14.00-14.10
Welcome Remarks by Dr. Albert Lutz, Director of Museum Rietberg Zurich
14.10-14.30
Opening Remarks
Francine Giese, Mercedes Volait, Ariane Varela Braga
Chair: Axel Langer (Museum Rietberg Zurich)
14.30-15.00
Tomasz F. de Rosset (University Nicolas Copernic, Torún)
«L’envoyé de Lechistan n’est pas encore arrivé»
15.00-15.30
Moya Carey (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
Selling Damascus Rooms: Vincent J. Robinson and commercial strategies of presenting Islamic art in Lon-don
15.30-16.00
Barbara Karl (Textil Museum St. Gallen)
The Vienna Carpet Exhibition of 1891
Break
Chair: Yuka Kadoy (University of Edinburgh)
16.30-17.00
Inessa Kouteinikova (Amsterdam)
Personalities, programmes and visions behind the Orientalist spaces in the first Russian museums.
17.00-17.30
Agnieszka Kluczewska-Wójcik (Polish Institute of World Art Studies, Warsaw)
A la découverte de l’art de l’Islam en Pologne au début du XXe siècle
17.45
Round Table
Chair: Mercedes Volait (CNRS-INHA, Paris)
Kjeld v. Folsach (David Collection Kopenhagen), Yannick Lintz (Musée du Louvre), Tim Stanley (V&A London), Stefan Weber (Museum für Islamische Kunst Berlin)
19.00-20.00
Opening Reception
5th May 2017
University of Zurich, Raemistrasse 59, Aula (RAA-G-01)
DAY 2: APPROPRIATION
9.00-9.15
Registration
9.15-9.30
Welcome Remarks by Prof. Dr. Andreas Jucker, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Chair: Ariane Varela Braga (University of Zurich)
9.30-10.00
Hélène Guérin (University Paul-Valéry Montpellier II)
Inventorier, relever et attribuer l’art islamique en Sicile pour s’approprier une histoire à construire. François Sabatier (1818-1891) dans la fabrique de l’histoire des musulmans en Sicile.
10.00-10.30
Francine Giese (University of Zurich)
Architectural transformation in 19th-century Italy. The White Hall of Sammezzano and its Islamic models
10.30-11.00
Valentina Colonna (Rome)
The "arab hall" of Achille Vertunni. Islamic Art in the streets of Rome
Break
Chair: Francine Giese (University of Zurich)
11.30-12.00
Ariane Varela Braga (University of Zurich)
Driven to madness. Cesare Mattei, Ferdinando Panciatichi and the Orientalist architectural obsession
12.00-12.30
Mercedes Volait (CNRS-INHA, Paris)
Le remploi de grands décors mamelouks et ottomans dans l'oeuvre construit d'Ambroise Baudry en Egypte et en France
12.30-13.00
Sami L. De Giosa (University of Oxford)
The neo-Islamic pastiche of the Manial Palace in Cairo
Lunch break
Chair: Yannick Lintz (Musée du Louvre)
14.30-15.00
Nicolas Schaub (Deutsches Forum für Kunstgeschichte, Paris)
S’approprier et collectionner les objets d’art islamique. Butin de guerre dans l’Algérie coloniale du XIXe siècle.
15.00-15.30
Axel Langer (Museum Rietberg, Zurich)
Safavid Revival in Persian Miniature Painting: Renewal, Fake and Source of Inspiration
15.30-16.00
Sarah Keller (Vitrocentre, Romont)
“des véritables merveilles d’execution” – les vitraux du Fumoir arabe d'Henri Moser
Break
Chair: Alban von Stockhausen (Bernisches Historisches Museum)
16.30-17.00
Maurizia Onori (SOAS University of London)
Neo-Islamic architecture in Palermo, from the National Exhibition to funerary architecture.
17.00-17.30
Ágnes Sebestyén (University of Bern)
Henri Moser as Commissioner General of the Pavilion of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the Universal Exposi-tion of 1900 in Paris
17.30-18.00
Katrin Kaufmann (University of Zurich)
Samarkand à l’ouest. Une salle néo-timouride pour la collection Henri Moser
20.00
Conference dinner (invitation required)
6th May 2017
Charlottenfels Castle in Neuhausen (Schaffhausen)
DAY 3: COLLECTING
10.00-10.15
Welcome Remarks by Dr. Roland E. Hofer, Staatsarchivar und Kulturbeauftragter Kanton Schaffhausen
10.15-10.30
Mandy Ranneberg, Curator of Moser Familienmuseum Charlottenfels
Opening Remarks
Chair: Sarah Keller (Vitrocentre Romont)
10.30-11.00
Roger Nicholas Balsiger (Heinrich und Henri Moser Stiftung)
From playboy to explorer, diplomat and collector: the illustrious life of Henri Moser
11.00-11.30
Alban von Stockhausen (Bernisches Historisches Museum)
The Henri Moser Collection at Bernisches Historisches Museum Bernisches Historisches
Break
Chair: Kjeld v. Folsach (David Collection Kopenhagen)
12.00-12.30
Elika Palenzona-Djalili (University of Zurich)
From Bows to Eyebrows. Lacquerwork of Henri Moser Collection in Historical Museum Bern
12.30-13.00
Elahe Helbig (University of Geneva)
Strategies of Collecting and Displaying Persians artworks and armory at the Stibbert Museum in Florence
Lunch break
14.00-15.00
Guided tours through the Moser Family Museum
Chair: Stefan Weber (Museum für Islamische Kunst Berlin)
15.00-15.30
Irina Gugunava (Georgian National Museum)
History of the Islamic Metalwork Collection from the Georgian National Museum
15.30-16.00
Vera Mariz (University of Lisbon)
Calouste Gulbenkian’s Islamic Art collection: an overview of the European Art Market
16.00-16.30
Maria Medvedeva (Institute for the History of Material Culture RAS, St Petersburg)
The Orient in Photographs of the 19th century. Collection of Y. Smirnov
Break
Chair: Tim Stanley (V&A London)
17.00-17.30
Jenny Norton-Wright (Manchester Museums Partnership)
Islamic Art by the Back Door: Manchester’s Incidental Collecting
17.30-18.00
Deniz Beyazit (The Metropolitan Museum of Art)
The Making of a Collection: Islamic Art at the Metropolitan
18.00
Final Remarks
Reference:
CONF: Islamic Art and Architecture (Zurich, Schaffhausen, 4-6 May 17). In: ArtHist.net, Mar 23, 2017 (accessed May 3, 2025), <https://arthist.net/archive/15039>.