[MR] Fwd: [Ponte Alto] Islamic Medieval Period Workshop

[Belphoebe]

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Belphoebe

--- Sarah Pearson <spearson at aypf.org> wrote:

> From: "Sarah Pearson" <spearson at aypf.org>
> To: <ponte-alto at atlantia.sca.org>
> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:10:12 -0500
> Subject: [Ponte Alto] Islamic Medieval Period
> Workshop
> 
> This may be of interest to those interested in
> Islamic things. Please pass
> along to the Merry Rose. I'm not on MR.
> 
> Isabella Candeloro
> 
> Center for Renaissance and Baroque Studies:
> The Impact of Islamic Culture on the Arts of the
> Renaissance
> 
> The Center for Renaissance & Baroque Studies at the
> University of Maryland
> is delighted to announce that it has received
> funding from the Maryland
> Humanities Council to host a day-long workshop for
> teachers entitled The
> Impact of Islamic Culture on the Arts of the
> Renaissance. The event, which
> will be held on Friday, February 4, 2005, will be a
> reprise of last summer's
> Fine Arts Institute and will focus on the artistic
> exchange between Arab
> culture and the arts in countries of the western
> Mediterranean as Europe
> moved from the late medieval period to the
> Renaissance. Scholars from around
> the country will offer lectures and workshops on
> topics that range from
> patterns to architecture to developing lesson plans
> on Islamic art and
> culture.
> 
> The World History Core Learning goals for high
> schools in the State of
> Maryland now place increased emphasis on students'
> understanding of the
> history, diversity, and the commonality of people of
> the nation and world,
> and this event is a fantastic opportunity for
> teachers to better prepare
> themselves to meet this standard.
> 
> For a registration form and more information, please
> visit the Center's
> website at www.crbs.umd.edu/programs/islam.
> ______________________
> 
> The Impact of Islamic Culture on the Arts of the
> Renaissance
> Friday, February 4, 2005
> 
> PROGRAM
> 
> 8:30 am Coffee & Registration
> Atrium, Art-Sociology Building
> 
> 9:00 am Welcome
> 2203 Art-Sociology Building
> 
> 9:15 am Keynote Address
> "Classical Ottoman Designs: Their Origin and
> Development"
> Esin Atil
> Former Director, The Freer Gallery of Art and the
> Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
> 
> 10:30 am "Architectural Ornament: The Islamic
> Presence in Renaissance
> Architectural Forms"
> Philip Jacks
> The Columbian College of Arts & Sciences
> The George Washington University
> 
> 12:00 noon Lunch (by subscription or on own)
> 
> 1:00 pm Concurrent Workshops
> 
> "Patterns from Islam to Renaissance"
> Kay Broadwater
> Towson University
> 
> "Islam across the Curriculum: Developing Lesson
> Plans and Other Resources"
> Susan Douglass
> 
> "Oriental Stories in Early Modern Europe: Wondrous
> Journeys and Talking 
> Beasts"
> Lourdes Alvarez
> Catholic University of America
> 
> 2:45 pm Break
> 
> 3:00 pm "Women in Sixteenth-Century Islam"
> Madeline Zilfi
> University of Maryland
> 
> 4:15 pm Roundtable Discussion
> "Non-Western Cultures in the Curriculum: The Next
> Steps"
> 
> 5:00 pm Adjourn
> 
> 
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