A Mosaic of Cultures
Artistic Interactions in Medieval Europe, Byzantium and the Islamic World

An Art History Symposium, Villanova University (Pennsylvania)
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).

Contact: diana.mcfaddenvillanova.edu, victoria.tsoukalavillanova.edu
URL: www.history.villanova.edu/arthistory/mosaicofcultures.htm