Theories of Vision and Visualisation Techniques in the 15th Century

An international dual symposium in Brussels and Bernkastel-Kues

September 9th - 16th, 2007

Organisation:
The Flemish Academic Centre (VLAC) of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium
for Science and the Arts Institut für Cusanus-Forschung an der Universität
und der Theologischen Fakultät Trier

http://www.kvab.be/downloads/VLAC/VLAC%20folder%2015-6-07.pdf

Programm

Sunday, 9th September, Brussels

17.00: Opening
Prof. Dr. Niceas Schamp, Permanent Secretary of the KVAB
Prof. Dr. Marc de Mey, Director VLAC
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lentzen-Deis, President of the Cusanus Society
Prof. Dr. Peter Schwenkmezger, President of the University of Trier
Frans Boenders, President of the KVAB

Lecture
"Geistesgeschichte als Geistesgegenwart"
Prof. Dr. Christoph Markschies, Präsident der Humboldt-Universität, Berlin

19.00: Reception
with concert: 'Cusanus songs' (Boudewijn Buckinx)

Monday, 10th September, Brussels

10.00: Inigo Bocken (Nijmegen/VLAC):
'Imitatio' and 'creatio' in Cusanus and van Eyck

11.00: Barbara Baert (Leuven):
"Such a portrait I recall Image of God". Cusanus and the vera icon.

12.00: Harald Schwaetzer (Trier/VLAC): Die
'imago viva' und ihr Maler

Lunch

15.00: Rocco Sinisgalli (Roma/VLAC):
The role of Alberti in van Eyck

16.00: Patrick Seurinck (Gent):
Optics and mathematics in Jan van Eyck.

17.30: Norbert Schnitzler (Chemnitz/VLAC):
Okulare Paradigmen in Theologie, Frömmigkeit und Malerei

Tuesday, 11th September, Brussels

10.00: Wolfgang Chr. Schneider (Darmstadt/VLAC):
Aufstieg und Ordnung. Mystagogische Schemata im 15. Jahrhundert

11.00: Norbert Schneider (Karlsruhe/VLAC):
Zeit und Prozess im Genter Altar

12.00: Danny Praet (Gent):
Early Christian Sources for Late Medieval Image Theories

Lunch

Afternoon: Guided city tour

Wednesday, 12th September

Transfer to Bernkastel-Kues

Afternoon: Visit to the Cusanus Hospital

20.00: Cusanus-Stift, Chapel:
Cusanus als Prediger: A sermon of Nicholas of Cusa (Theater Trier)

Thursday, 13th September, Bernkastel-Kues

9.30: Louis Dupré (Yale University):
Cusanus' De visione Dei

10.30: Daniel O'Connell (South Carolina):
Colour and Light in the Late writings of Nicholas of Cusa

12.00: Gianluca Cuozzo (Torino):
Perspektive und Sehpyramide bei Cusanus und Alberti

Lunch

15.00: Elena Filippi (München, Alexander von Humboldtstiftung):
Maß und Vermessenheit des Menschen. Cusanus und Dürer als Erzieher

16.00: Claudia D¹Amico (Buenos Aires):
Die Produktivität der visio absoluta bei Cusanus. Die Vorgänger im
mittelalterlichem Neuplatonismus

17.30: Marie-Anne Vannier (Metz):
De visione Dei

Evening programm in Bernkastel-Kues, starting at 20.00:
- Inigo Bocken and Harald Schwaetzer: Cusanus and the actual
interreligious dialogue (Cusanus-Stift/Kapelle)
- Poetry: Wolfgang Christian Schneider reads his Cusanus-poems "Via globi
(Weingut Dr. Thanisch)
- Peter Larsen: Introduction to the Cusanus-Oper (Stadthaussaal)
- Workshop for students of the University of Trier: Cusanus studieren an
der Universität Trier (Cusanus-Gymnasium).

Friday, 14th September, Bernkastel-Kues

9.30: Kazuhiko Yamaki (Tokyo):
Der Blick aus dem Rande und zum Rande im Denken des Nikolaus von Kues

10.30: Tom Müller (Trier):
Perspektive: Peckham und Cusanus

12.00 Luc Bergmans (Tours):
Jan van Eyck und "De possest" von Nicolaus Cusanus

Afternoon: Guided tour in the wine region of Kues

Lecture by the artist Ekkehard Welkens: De visione Dei.

19.00: Cusanus-exposition (opening)
See separate programm

Saturday, 15th September, Bernkastel-Kues

9.30 : Tilman Borsche (Hildesheim):
Farbe und Form bei Nicolaus Cusanus

10.30: Johann Kreuzer (Oldenburg):
Das Bild und sein Sehen bei Nikolaus von Kues.

12.00: Claus-Arthur Scheier (Braunschweig):
Albertis Narzi und der "Cartesianismus" von "De pictura" Program

Public part of the conference

15.00: Welcome: Dr. Harald Schwaetzer

15.15: Speeches
Prof. Dr. Niceas Schamp, Permanent Secretary of the Royal Flemish Academy
Ulf Hangert, President of the region
Wolfgang Port, Major of Bernkastel-Kues
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Lentzen-Deis, President of the Cusanus Society
Dr. Kurt Beck, Prime Minister of Rheinland- Pfalz and President of the SPD
Marc De Mey (VLAC): De visione Dei im Genter Altar

17.00: Reception

20.00: Concert St. Briktius-Church: Boudewijn Buckinx: Cusanus songs

Sunday 16th September, Bernkastel-Kues

10.30: Religious ceremony in St. Briktius
Afternoon (15.00 ­17.00 Uhr)
Cusanus on the Karlsbader Platz: Ludus globi ­ Theatre

19.00: Kunst ­ eine Frage der Perspektive? Discussion with Prof. Dr.
Börsch-Supan on the exposition of Ekkehard Welkens (Cusanus-birthhouse)

Ludus globi
From Thursday till Sunday the theatre-installation’ Ludus globi ITM
(Service-station for philosophy), winner of the Award for Humanities of the
German Government, will take place in the Church St. Michael.

St.Nikolaus-Hospital / Cusanus-Stift
During the conference guided tours will be offered in the Cusanus birth
house.

Further Information

Institut für Cusanus-Forschung
Domfreihof 3
54290 Trier
Germany
Tel.: 0651/14551-0, Fax: 0651/14551-25
cusanusfuni-trier.de
www.uni-trier.de/~cusanus

The Flemish Academic Centre (VLAC) of the Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium
for Science and the Arts
The Academy House
Hertogsstraat 1
1000 Brussels
Belgium
www.kvab.be

Registration

You can register for the symposium by sending either an e-mail to
vlackvab.be or a fax to 0032 (0) 2 550 23 78 indicating ³Brussel-Kues²
together with name, address and listing the days you plan to attend, before
September 1, 2007.
Public part of the conference Further Information Registration Ludus globi
St.Nikolaus-Hospital / Cusanus-Stift Sunday 16th September, Bernkastel-Kues