The Impact of Islamic Culture on the Arts of the Renaissance

February 4, 2005

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This program helps teachers meet MSDE Core Learning Requirements.

ART-SOCIOLOGY BUILDING
University of Maryland, College Park

The Impact of Islamic Culture on the Arts of the Renaissance will focus on the artistic exchange between Arab cultures and the arts in countries of the western Mediterranean as Europe moved from the late medieval period to the Renaissance.

Trade routes along the shores of the Mediterranean during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance facilitated a vast cultural exchange that influenced architecture, painting, music, and the decorative arts.

The Impact of Islamic Culture on the Arts of the Renaissance invites you to explore these influences. By illustrating the centrality of the arts in the peaceful relations among diverse peoples, The Impact of Islamic Culture on the Arts of the Renaissance will demonstrate the rich cultural legacy that Arabia bequeathed to the arts of Renaissance Europe.

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

This program was made possible in part with funds from the Maryland Humanities Council, through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or the Maryland Humanities Council.

Last updated June 13, 2007