Venue in Erfurt
Venue in Naumburg
Visibility
Erfurt and Naumburg, 15–19 July 2024
Ways of Seeing and Strategies of Visualization
XXXI International Colloquium of the Corpus Vitrearum
Technology, Conservation and Restoration of Stained Glass
XII International Forum on the Conservation and Technology of Historic Stained Glass
The question of what exactly can be seen - or should be seen - is connected with the medium of stained glass in a special way, yet a systematic examination of the topic of "visibility" has been lacking until now. This is what the conference aims to achieve in an initial overview. The term has aesthetic as well as religious, political, sociological and technological dimensions. In relation to the specific materiality and spatiality of stained glass, diverse questions arise in relation to staged, directed and historically ever-changing visibility.
With their luminosity, glass paintings convey enormous visual impact within architectural space, but often elude unhindered perception due to their great distance from the viewer or their problematic state of preservation. The ability of the translucent material glass to lend immaterial quality to what is depicted on it served to make visible and convey transcendental beliefs. The relationship between these abstract-transcending levels of effect and concrete-pictorial, "readable" messages must be discussed continually. At the same time, the medium could be used to define spatial hierarchies, for which aspects of lighting and staggered visibility played a role, alongside the coordination of pictorial programmes.
The general theme also touches on core technological and restorative questions, which concern the investigation of material-technical innovations as well as, for example, the area of conservation and presentation of fragmentarily preserved stained glass. In the public discourse of recent years, the desire to make lost or heavily altered works of art visible again is becoming increasingly widespread, often in contradiction to conservation ethics and guidelines for the preservation of monuments. In addition, new concepts of digital and museum presentation are making a contribution to making objects that are difficult to view, have been deposited or have changed over the centuries accessible in a visually appealing way and to permanently secure them for research and documentation. Especially in the context of restoration debates, historical changes and recontextualisations, the political dimension of perception also becomes apparent.
The cooperation of art historians and conservators, anchored in the scientific and practical traditions of the Corpus Vitrearum, can thus unfold its full interdisciplinary potential in this field, which includes not only approaches from art and architectural history, but also from natural and digital sciences. In this way, the conference results can also generally expand and stimulate the research discussion on "visibility" in the art and cultural sciences.
Cooperations and sponsors
Projektnummer 540541590
Professur für
Mittelalterliche Geschichte
Schedule
Monday, 15 July 2024 · Colloquium
Erfurt, Cathedral, Coelicum
| 8.00–9.00 | Registration for Colloquium and Forum |
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| 9.00–10.30 | Welcome and opening of the Colloquium
Report of the Digital Unit |
| 10.30–11.00 | Coffee break |
| 11.00–11.30 | Introduction to the general topic |
| 11.30–13.00 | Section I: Constituting and staging of space (part 1) Chair: Tim Ayers
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| 13.00–14.00 | Lunch break in the cloister |
| 14.00–15.30 | Section I: Constituting and staging of space (part 2) Chair: Brigitte Kurmann-Schwarz
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| 15.30–16.00 | Coffee break |
| 16.00–17.00 | Section I: Constituting and staging of space (Part 3) Chair: Michel Hérold
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| 17.30–18.30 | Visit to the Barfüßerkirche and the Predigerkirche in Erfurt |
| 19.00 | Meeting of the Digital Unit |
Tuesday, 16 July 2024 · Colloquium
Erfurt, Cathedral, Coelicum
| 8.30–10.00 | Visit to the Augustinian Monastery in Erfurt |
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| 10.30–12.30 | Section II: Ways of seeing (part 1) Chair: Hartmut Scholz
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| 12.30–13.30 | Lunch break in the cloister |
| 13.30–15.30 | Section II: Ways of seeing (part 2) Chair: Yvette Vanden Bemden
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| 15.30–16.00 | Coffee break |
| 16.00–18.00 | Section III: Visualisation (part 1): representation / peception Chair: Karine Boulanger
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| 18.30 | Public evening lecture in cooperation with the University of Erfurt: Introduction: Prof. Dr. Sabine Schmolinsky, Universität Erfurt Barbara Schellewald, Ecce vides quantus splendor – Vom Dunkel ins Licht – Erhellende Bildtechnik(en) |
| 19.30 | Apéro riche on the Cathedral Terrace |
Wednesday, 17 July 2024 · Colloquium and Forum
Excursion day Schulpforte/Naumburg
| 8.00 | Departure to Schulpforte |
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| 9.45–10.45 | Visit to the monastery church of Schulpforte |
| 10.45 | Onward journey to Naumburg |
| 11.00–11.30 | Coffee break / Registration to the Forum |
| 11.30–12.15 | Greetings
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| 12.15–13.00 | Light lunch in the cathedral cloister and free time for sightseeing at the cathedral grounds |
| 13.00–15.00 | Guided tours at Naumburg Cathedral (4 stations)
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| 15.00–16.30 | Opening of the Forum: Dr. Claudine Loisel, Präsidentin des internationalen wissenschaftlichen Komitees für die Konservierung von Glasmalereien Section III: Visualization (Part 2): Visual Expectations / Methods of Reconstruction Chair: Jasmine Allen
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| 16.30–17.00 | Coffee break |
| 17.00–19.00 | Section III: Visualisation (Part 3): Visual Expectations / Methods of Reconstruction Chair: Günther Buchinger
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| 19.30–ca. 22.00 | Summer fête in the garden of Naumburg Cathedral |
| 22.00 | Return to Erfurt |
Thursday, 18 July 2024 · Colloquium and Forum
Erfurt, Cathedral, Coelicum
| 9.00–11.00 | Section IV: Materiality / mediality Chair: Sophie Wolf
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| 11.00–11.30 | Coffee break and poster session I |
| 11.30–13.30 | Guided tours of Erfurt Cathedral (3 stations)
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| 13.30–14.30 | Lunch break in the cloister and poster session II |
| 14.30–16.30 | Section V: Visualisation 3.0. Optical, photographic and digital methods Chair: Dobrosława Horzela
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| 16.30–17.00 | Coffee break |
| 17.00–18.30 | General Assembly of the Corpus Vitrearum |
| 19.00 | Organ concert in the cathedral |
Friday 19 July 2024 · Forum
Erfurt, Cathedral, Coelicum
| 9.00–10.30 | Section VI: Visibility and public perception Chair: Ellen Shortell
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| 10.30–11.00 | Coffee break |
| 11.00–13.00 | Section VII: Visibility – Aspects of conservation and art history (part 1) Chair: Claudine Loisel
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| 13.00–14.00 | Lunch break in the cloister |
| 14.00–16.00 | Section VII: Visibility – Aspects of conservation and art history (part 2) Chair: Anna Santolaria Tura
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| 16.30–18.00 | Visit to the Barfüßerkirche and the Predigerkirche in Erfurt |