Cityscapes in Europe and Asia, 13th-20th centuries

Organized by the Graduate Institute of Art History, NTNU, and the Chair for Modern History at the History Department, University of Zürich

International Conference Hall 202, College of Education Building, National Taiwan Normal University, He-ping East Road, Sec. 1, no. 129, Taipei

June 14th, 2013 (Friday)
09:30-09:50 Registration

09:50-10:00 Conference Welcome: Bernd Roeck, Shai-Shu Tzeng

10:00-11:00
Moderator: Hui-cheng Lin (Taipei National University of the Arts)

Bernd Roeck (University of Zürich): Cityscapes in Europe and Beyond: Methodological Considerations

Gherardo Ortalli (University of Venice): The image of Italian Towns from the Middle Ages to Modernity

11:00-11:30:
Discussants: Uwe Fleckner (University of Hamburg), Tristan Weddigen (University of Zürich)

11:30-13:30: Lunch

13:30-14:30:
Moderator: Pao-chen Chen (National Taiwan University)

Miho Fukuda (Osaka City University): ?-shaped Main Hall in the Forbidden City of Dadu: Han- Chinese Cityscape with Mongolian cultural elements in the Yuan Period

Shane McCausland (University of London: Khubilai Khan’s Metropolis: to behold the city through pictures

14:30-15:00:
Discussants: Lan-shiang Huang (National Taiwan University), Mei-fen Tasi (National Palace Museum)

15:00-15:30: Coffee Break

15:30-16:30:
Moderator: Hui-wen Lu (National Taiwan University)

Cheng-hua Wang (Academia Sinica): The Rise of City Views in Late Ming China

Eva-Maria Seng (University of Paderborn): Between Primitive Hut and Large Scale Housing. The Presence of Utopia in Architecture

16:30-17:00
Discussants: Siao-chen Hu (Academia Sinica), Candida Syndikus (National Taiwan Normal University)

17:00-17:30
Roundtable Discussion, Moderator: Bernd Roeck

June 15th, 2013 (Saturday)
09:30-09:50 Registration

09:50-10:00 Notification

10:00-11:00
Moderator: Kuo-wei Chen (Fu Jen Catholic University)

Tristan Weddigen (University of Zürich): Textile Cityscapes

Candida Syndikus (National Taiwan Normal University): Picturing Cityscapes in Venetian Renaissance Painting around 1500

11:00-11:30
Discussants: Eva-Maria Seng (University of Paderborn), Gherardo Ortalli (University of Venice)

11:30-13:30 Lunch

13:30-14:30
Moderator: Chi-ming Lin (National Taipei University of Education)

Uwe Fleckner (University of Hamburg): Between City Portrait and Symbolic City: Topographic Views in Early Netherlandish Painting

Shai-shu Tzeng (National Taiwan Normal University: City Silhouettes and Illuminated Scenes: Nocturnal Cityscapes by Schinkel, Friedrich and the Dresden Circle

14:30-15:00
Discussants: Bernd Roeck (University of Zürich), Tristan Weddigen (University of Zurich)

15:00-15:30 Coffee Break

15:30-16:30
Moderator: Cheng-hua Wang (Academia Sinica)

Katharina Chrubasik (Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn): ‘Garden Cities of Tomorrow’: The Gieschewald Colony in Silesia

Valentin Nussbaum (National Taiwan Normal University): Forensics and The City: Profiling the Urban Maze in Detective Movies

16:30-17:00
Discussants: Tsutomu Iyori (University of Kyoto), Chi-ming Lin (National Taipei University of Education)

17:00-17:30 Roundtable Discussion
Moderator: Bernd Roeck

Discussants: All Speakers

17:30-17:35: Shai-shu Tzeng: Closing Remarks of the Conference