Licht aus dem Osten? Natural Light in Medieval Churches Between Byzantium and the West

Program


Thursday, November 26, 2020

13:00-13:15
Welcome and Introduction
Alice Isabella Sullivan
 
13:15-14:45
I: Structuring Sacred Space

Travis Yeager, PhD, Lawrence Livermore National Lab (presenter)
Dusan Danilovic, PhD, Iowa State University
Charles Kerton, PhD, Iowa State University
Jelena Bogdanović, PhD, Iowa State University
Magdalena Dragović, PhD, University of Belgrade
"Modeling the Interior Sunlight Effects of Studenica Monastery"

Ljiljana Čavić, PhD, University of Lisbon
"Architectural Emptiness and Natural Lighting of the Church of the Virgin at Studenica Monastery"

Anna Adashinskaya, PhD, New Europe College, Bucharest
"Illuminated by Divine Presence: Arrangement of Lightened and Lightless Spaces in the Ascension Church of Dečani Monastery"


14:45-15:00
(make your own) Snack | Coffee Break

15:00-16:00
II: Light(less) Spaces

Elisa Galardi, PhD Student, University of Pennsylvania
"Beyond Light: Image and Semi-Darkness in Byzantine Churches"


Olga Yunak, PhD Candidate, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley
"Natural Darkness: The Case of the Transfiguration Church on Illina Street in Novgorod (1378)"


16:00-16:15
(make your own) Snack | Tea Break


16:15-17:15
III: Windows and Divine Light


Vera Henkelmann, PhD, Max-Weber-Kolleg | University of Erfurt
"The Blessed Sacrament Shining in Light: The Case of Oculi in Medieval Livonian Churches"

Maria Lidova, PhD, Associazione La Scuola iconografica di Seriate
"The Descent of Light: On the Use of Windows in Annunciation Imagery in Byzantium and the West"

Friday, November 27, 2020

13:00-14:00
IV: East-West Negotiations

Maria Paschali, PhD, RISE Centre of Excellence, Nicosia
Dimitris Minasidis, PhD Candidate, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
"Light, Sight, and Images of Theophany across Medieval Christian Culture in Cyprus"

Maria Shevelkina, MA, Hunter College, CUNY
"Light and Color as Reverberating Transparency in Ferapontovo’s Nativity of the Mother of God sobor"
 
14:00-14:15
(make your own) Snack | Coffee Break

14:15-15:45
V: Aesthetics

Alexei Lidov,  PhD, Moscow State University
"The Luminous Cloud in the Cupolas of Byzantine Churches and its Symbolic Meaning"


Iakovos Potamianos, PhD, University of Thessaloniki
"Space and Light: An Exploration of the Foundations of the Aesthetics of Light in the Byzantine Church"

Sergei Sidorenko, PhD, Independent Scholar
"Surprising Mutual Reflections through Centuries: Metaphysics of Light of Nicolaus Cusanus and the Evolution of a Chandelier (πολυκάνδηλον) in the East"

15:45-16:00
(make your own) Snack | Tea Break

16:00-17:00
VI: Earlier Light Phenomena 


Jorge López Quiroga, PhD, Autonomous University of Madrid
Natalia Figueiras Pimentel, PhD, Popular University of Ourense
"Light of the East in the West: Natural Light and Lighting in the Monastic Rupestrian Complex of St. Pedro of Rocas (Spain)"

Andrea Mattiello, PhD, Christie’s Education, London
"Sun, Stones, and Saints: On the Orientation of the Church of Sant’ Ambrogio alla Rienna, Montecorvino Rovella, SA, Italy"

17:00-17:15
Concluding Remarks
Vladimir Ivanovici

Organised by:
Alice Isabella Sullivan (Dahlem Humanities Center, Freie Universität Berlin)
Vladimir Ivanovici (Accademia di  Architettura di Mendrisio, USI | Masaryk University Brno)

For registration:
https://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/dhc/programme/termine/Workshop-Sullivan.html

For additional information:
https://www.fu-berlin.de/sites/dhc/xmedia/Dokumente/Workshop-Sullivan-Natural-Light.pdf

Contact: Alice Sullivan at aisulliumich.edu