COLORED STONE STATUARY IN THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN
Italy
A conference co-sponsored by the Scuola Normale Superiore – Pisa, Opificio delle Pietre Dure - Florence, and the J. Paul Getty Museum – Los Angeles
TUESDAY 28 NOVEMBER Sala Stemmi - Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
15:30 Welcome address
SESSION 1. From Quarry to Object
Chair GIANFRANCO ADORNATO, Scuola Normale Superiore
SIMON CONNOR, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Power and appearance: stones, statues and hierarchy in the Egyptian Middle Kingdom
BEN RUSSELL, University of Edinburgh Moving the Mountains: the quarrying and transport of Egyptian stones
17:00 Coffee break
17:30
MATTHIAS BRUNO, Rome L’impero del colore. Cave e marmi del Mediterraneo Romano
LORENZO LAZZARINI, IUAV University, Venice Diaspri siciliani: caratterizzazione e uso da età romana al Barocco
WEDNESDAY 29 NOVEMBER Sala Stemmi - Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
SESSION 2. Costs, Value, Workshops, and Agency
Chair MICHAEL VICKERS (Jesus College, Oxford)
9:30
EVA FALASCHI, Scuola Normale Superiore The hermoglyphos Pauson and the enigma of a stone
ANNA SEROTTA, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Decoding ancient sculpture through new technology and collaborative craft
CHAVDAR CHUSHEV, Los Angeles The stone-carver’s toolkit: ancient and modern
11:00 Coffee break
11:30
WILL WOOTTON, King’s College, London Between a rock and a hard place: making with hard stones in two- and three-dimensions
ELEONORA FERRAZZA, Musei Vaticani, Rome Un frammento disgiunto dal sarcofago di S. Elena in porfido rosso. Osservazioni sulla lavorazione antica e sui restauri moderni
13:00 Lunch
SESSION 3. Egypt and the Mediterranean
Chair CHRISTIAN GRECO, Museo Egizio, Turin
15:00
ELENA GHISELLINI, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Rome Pietre colorate nell’Egitto tolemaico fra tradizione e innovazione
ELENA CALANDRA, Istituto Centrale per l’Archeologia, Rome Rappresentazioni di animali esotici alla corte dei Tolomei
EMMA LIBONATI, University College, London The Canopus conundrum: the making and destruction of statues in Abouqir Bay
16:30 Coffee break
17:00
ROBERT BIANCHI, Fondation Gandur pour l’Art, Geneva Sculpture in native Egyptian stones in Roman contexts
GIANFRANCO ADORNATO & GIORGIA CAFICI, Scuola Normale Superiore From marble to granite: looking at the statue of Hor, son of Tutu
THURSDAY 30 NOVEMBER Sala Stemmi - Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
SESSION 4. The Meanings of Color: Contexts, Display, and Ideology
Chair MARIA ELISA MICHELI, Università degli Studi, Urbino
9:30
ALESSANDRO POGGIO, Scuola Normale Superiore The knowledge of Nature: colored stone in fourth-century architecture
INGRID LAUBE, Berlin Deceptive appearances: evidence for the coloring of colored stones and its significance for the function of images
JENS DAEHNER, J.Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles Surrogate metals? Colored stones and the aesthetics of ancient bronze
11:00 Coffee break
11:30
KENNETH LAPATIN, J.Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles Between Egypt and Greece: the Serapis of Bryaxis
MONT ALLEN, University of Illinois, Carbondale Pressing the purple: vintage, vats, and the Christianization of imperial porphyry sarcophagi
13:00 Lunch
SESSION 5. Pietre Dure in Roman Contexts
Chair ROLF SCHNEIDER, Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Munich
15:00
FABRIZIO SLAVAZZI, Università degli Studi, Milan Sculture e arredi in marmi colorati nelle residenze imperiali: uso, significato e gusto
ELISABETTA GAGETTI, Università degli Studi, Milan Colored hard-stones in the villa. “Precious sculptures” from residential contexts
EMILY COOK, Columbia University, New York Egyptian(izing) materialities at Hadrian’s Villa: reflections on the Roman reception of Egyptian media practices
16:30 Coffee break
17:00
JULIA LENAGHAN, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford The Sculptors and School of Aphrodisias: a review
MARIA ELISA MICHELI, Università degli Studi, Urbino Labor est auri memorare figuras aut ebur aut dignas digitis contingere gemmas (Stat. sil., I 3 48-49)
FRIDAY 1 DECEMBER Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence
SESSION 6. Colored Stones after Antiquity
Chair MARCO CIATTI, Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence
10:00
ANNA PATERA, Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence L’arte del commesso in pietre dure: dalla Manifattura granducale all’attività di restauro
SANDRA ROSSI, Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence Arte e natura nelle opere del Museo dell’Opificio delle pietre dure
12:00-13:30
Visits to the museum and to the laboratories of the Opificio delle Pietre Dure (sections: mosaics and commesso)
13:30 Lunch
15:00
FRANCESCA TOSO, Opificio delle Pietre Dure, Florence L’antica lavorazione a intarsio e glittica: materiali, tecniche ed esempi di restauro
RICCARDO GENNAIOLI, Florence Sculture e oggetti in pietre policrome nelle collezioni medicee: copie, reimpieghi e invenzioni all’antica
SASCHA KANSTEINER, Humboldt Universität, Berlin Policleto, Winckelmann e la grovacca. Riflessioni sulle copie in pietra dura durante l’età imperiale e in epoca moderna
Due to the limited seating capacity, early registration is strongly recommended to ensure participation to Session 6 and to the guided visits of the OPD museum and laboratories