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REMBRANDT IN THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE NETHERLANDS October 20 & 21, 2006 2006 marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of Rembrandt, one of the most recognized names in art history. Our program will explore Rembrandt and his environs in great depth, including the master’s work, a look at the Golden Age of the Netherlands, an exploration of Amsterdam in the 17th Century, as well as Dutch literature and music of the time. Moderator Johan P. Snapper, Queen Beatrix Professor Emeritus University of California Berkeley Friday October 20, 2006 lecture Rembrandt and the Dutch Republic Dr. Arthur K. Wheelock Jr, (Curator of northern baroque painting at the National Gallery of Art, and Professor of Art History at the University of Maryland) will explore the way in which Rembrandt’s art relates to the broader character of Dutch Society. performance Music of Dutch Composers of the 17th Century Bay area early music performers Hanneke van Proosdij (recorder) and Katherine Heater (harpsichord) will perform the following program:
Saturday October 21, 2006 lecture Amsterdam and the World in the Age of Rembrandt Theodore K. Rabb (Professor emeritus, Princeton University) will discuss the role played by the city of Amsterdam in the complicated world order in 17th century Europe. lecture The Growth of the Market Economy in the Netherlands Jan de Vries (Professor, University of California Berkeley) has studied European economic history and will delve into how the burgeoning economy in the Netherlands was reflected in the market for art. lecture Dutch Literature in the 17th Century Our moderator, Johan P. Snapper, will acquaint us with some of the important writers working in the Netherlands during this period. lecture Nothing to Hide: Reflections on Rembrandt’s Creative Process Susan Donahue Kuretsky (Professor, Vassar College) will demonstrate how Rembrandt reveals his own creative process, discuss Rembrandt's desire that viewers share his fascination with how the works of art were created, and illustrate how they convey meaning. Panel Discussion Discussion and questions led by Johan P. Snapper with all of the program speakers. THE CRUSADES: MYTH AND REALITY February 23 & 24, 2007 Moderator: James D. Ryan Professor Emeritus, CUNY The First Crusade Friday February 23, 2007 keynote address Living And Learning In The Holy Land After The First Crusade The First Crusade (1096-99) resulted from the combination of two centuries’ worth of political, economic, and religious transformations in Western Europe and the Middle East. Geoffrey Koziol (UC Berkeley) will discuss these transformations and will introduce us to the writings of a cleric from Jerusalem who wrote a chronicle of the First Crusade and kept writing it for the next 20 years as he lived in the Holy land and saw it begin to fray. lecture The Medieval Epic And The First Crusade The chanson de geste were immensely popular epic poems and part of the lyric poetry, all orally transmitted, that existed at the start of the First Crusade. Joseph J. Duggan (UC Berkeley) will explain how one of the most prominent of these, the Song of Roland, helped to inform the images of the Saracens in the mind of the French knights. Selected Other Crusades Saturday February 24, 2007 lecture Reconquest And Crusade In Iberia (1085 To 1521) The relationship between the Reconquest (or conquest) by the Spanish Christian kingdoms of lands held by Islam in the Iberian peninsula and how that changed the nature of the relations of the three religions living there will be explored by Teofilo Ruiz (UCLA). lecture From Contact To Coexistence: Art And The Crusades, (1130-1374) Justine Marie Andrews (University of New Mexico) will enlighten us on the images which are now called Crusader Art, how they developed and became part of the fusion that went into the building of impressive cathedrals and icons built after the fall of Constantinople in 1204 and which continued even after the fall of Acre in 1291. performance Tim Rayborn a Bay Area native and early music performer with an international reputation will play and sing some pieces of the Troubadours that were so much a part of their medieval communities, the crusades , and courtly life from 1100 to 1300. lecture Crusade Encounters: Medieval And Modern The Muslim-Christian contact and confrontation in the Holy Land and the afterlife of the crusading ideal and its consequences for later and contemporary discourses on relations between Islam and the West will be presented by Adnan Husain (Queens University Kingston Ontario Canada). panel discussion Discussion and questions led by moderator James D. Ryan |
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