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Cross-Cultural Interactions between the Mediterranean and Western Europe during the Late Byzantine (Palaiologan) Period
Organised by The Open University and The Warburg Institute
in connection with the Byzantine exhibition at the Royal Academy London (25 October 2008 -22 March 2009)

Supported by the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies.

All are welcome. Thanks to the generous support of the Open University and the Society for the Promotion of Byzantine Studies, there is no charge for attendance.

DATE: Saturday 21st February 2009
VENUE: The Open University in the East of England
Cintra House, 12 Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 1PF
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PROGRAMME

The programme is also available as a PDF file [111 KB]

 
Welcome – Angeliki Lymberopoulou
Morning session: Palaiologan Byzantium and the Others
Chair: Rembrandt Duits (The Warburg Institute)
The major Byzantine centres of Palaiologan art and architecture: Constantinople, Thessalonike, Mystras – Lyn Rodley
Iconographic Exchanges between Byzantine East and Venetian West – Angeliki Lymberopoulou
Candia and Venice – Diana Newall
 
Afternoon Session: The Others and Palaiologan Byzantium
Chair: Angeliki Lymberopoulou (The Open University)
Florence, the Medici and Byzantine Art – Rembrandt Duits
Two-way traffic: Reflections on the artistic relationships between Siena , Byzantium and the Levant , c.1260-1359 – Diana Norman
Netherlandish Art and Byzantium – Kim Woods
 
Round Table Discussion – chairs: Rembrandt Duits and Angeliki Lymberopoulou