[Ponte Alto] Islamic Medieval Period Workshop

[Sarah Pearson]

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.
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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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