STUDY DAYS FOR LUMEN: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF LIGHT AND WONDERS OF CREATION: ART, SCIENCE, AND INNOVATION IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD
GETTY CENTER AND THE SAN DIEGO MUSEUM OF ART
LOS ANGELES, CA AND SAN DIEGO, CA
SUNDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2024 - TUESDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2024
Register by emailing: medievalstudyday@gmail.com
ICMA members are invited to an event organized by our friends at Study Day Medieval Art on the occasion of two exhibitions Lumen: The Art and Science of Light at the Getty Center and Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World at The San Diego Museum of Art.
PART I
Los Angeles, CA
Getty Center
SUNDAY 10 NOVEMBER 2024
Talk (in-person and online)
Art, Science, and Wonder in the Medieval World
The Getty Center
Free | Advance ticket required
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To watch online, register via Zoom.
To complement the exhibition Lumen: The Art and Science of Light, curators and scholars present two panel discussions on the intersections of art and science in the medieval world. Designed as a series of engaging discussions, the first presentation explores topics such as astronomy and optics, and examines how medieval people thought about the science of light in both Latin and Arabic speaking regions. The second discussion invites scholars of neuroscience, philosophy, and art to discuss the way the eye and the brain react to light and how medieval people harnessed these effects to create immersive spaces of wonder.
Panel 1: Light, Time, and Magic in the Middle Ages, 11:00 am–12:30 pm
Moderator
Barry C. Smith, professor of philosophy and director, Institute of Philosophy at the University of London’s School of Advanced Study
Ladan Akbarnia, curator, South Asian and Islamic art, San Diego Museum of Art
Margaret Gaida, postdoctoral researcher, California Institute of Technology
Megan McNamee, lecturer in pre-modern art, 500–1500, Edinburgh College of Art, The University of Edinburgh
Panel 2: The Perception and Neuroscience of Light, 2:00-3:30 p.m.
Moderator
Barry C. Smith, professor of philosophy and director, Institute of Philosophy at the University of London’s School of Advanced Study
Nancy Thompson, professor of art and art history; Department Chair of Art and Art History, St. Olaf College
G. Gabrielle Starr, president, Pomona College
Abbey Stockstill, associate professor of Islamic art and architecture, Meadows School of the Arts, Southern Methodist University
Full information HERE
MONDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2024
Study Day in the exhibition Lumen: The Art and Science of Light with the curators of the exhibition: Kristen Collins, Nancy Turner, and Glenn Phillips
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Afternoon / evening: individual travel to San Diego
PART II
San Diego, CA
The San Diego Museum of Art
Tuesday 12 November 2024
Study Day in the exhibition Wonders of Creation: Art, Science, and Innovation in the Islamic World with curator Ladan Akbarnia
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Afternoon: return travel
Please send your registration as soon as possible to:
medievalstudyday@gmail.com