Reframing Sculptural Reuse in the Greco-Roman World

Keynote speaker: Hans Peter Hahn (Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main).

Speakers, discussants, and chairpersons: Simon Barker, Kristine Bøggild Johannsen, Elena Calandra, Gabriella Cirucci, Valentina Di Napoli, Jane Fejfer, Marco Galli, Anne Haslund Hansen, Troels Myrup Kristensen, Julie Lund, Maria Elisa Micheli, Olga Palagia, Rolf Michael Schneider, Elisavet Sioumpara, Amalie Skovmøller, Tim Flohr Sørensen, Martin Szewczyk, Kristina Winther-Jacobsen.

Programme

 

Session I

Chair: Kristina Winther-Jacobsen (University of Copenhagen)

09:15 Welcome
09:30 Valentina Di Napoli (University of Patras) Emotions in context: An attempt at interpreting reused funerary markers in Roman Greece (and beyond)
10:00 Elisavet Sioumpara (Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Acropolis) Reuse of late classical family dedications for the imperial family at the Athenian Acropolis. The case of two new monuments
10:30 Coffee Break

Session II

Chair: Olga Palagia (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)

11:00 Maria Elisa Micheli (University of Urbino Carlo Bo) Monuments in motion: The long-life of the Great Eleusinian Relief through its Roman derivations
11:30 Rolf Michael Schneider (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) From Egypt to Rome: Reinventing the obelisk
12:00 Jane Fejfer (University of Copenhagen) Sagalassos: Niche facades as lumber rooms?
12:30 Lunch

Session III

Chair: Marco Galli (Sapienza University of Rome)

14:00 Olga Palagia (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens) Life and afterlife of a Roman relief from Laconia
14:30 Simon Barker (Ghent University) Late antique recycling practices: Methods, patterns, and ‘visibility’
15:00 Gabriella Cirucci (University of Copenhagen) Reframing sculptural reuse through object itineraries
15:30 Julie Lund (University of Oslo) Affected by the Past in the Past
16:00 Coffee break
16:30 Hans Peter Hahn (Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main) Keynote Lecture Recycling and Re-use
17:30 Questions and Discussion
18:00 Drinks
20:00 Dinner (for speakers and discussants)

 

 

Session IV

Chair: Anne Haslund Hansen (National Museum of Denmark)

09:30 Elena Calandra (Italian Ministry of Culture, MIC - Istituto Centrale per l´Archeologia) Face-changing portraits: Notes for a story-telling in the museums
10:00 Martin Szewczyk (Musée du Louvre, Paris) Garden, Palace, Museum. Restoration practices in context: Case studies from the Louvre and some Roman collections (16th-19th century)
10:30 Amalie Skovmøller (University of Copenhagen) How to frame the multiple material lives of a sculpture
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30 Kristine Bøggild Johannsen (Thorvaldsens Museum) A precious treasure. The wondrous itinerary of a Roman gem
12:00 Tim Flohr Sørensen (University of Copenhagen) Final Remarks
13:00 Lunch