Abstracts
PROGRAMME
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
| Morning Session A | |
| Opening Remarks | Catharine Nepomnyashchy, Director, Harriman Institute, Columbia University |
| Welcome Remarks | Irakli Alasania, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Georgia to the United Nations |
| Georgian Antiquity | Ana Kldiashvili, Professor of Art History, Tbilisi State Academy of Arts |
| A Highlight of Georgia's Prehistoric Past | Karen S. Rubinson, Research Scholar, Barnard College |
| Morning Session B | |
| The Glory ofByzantium: Recognizing the Importance of Georgian Art | Helen C. Evans, Curator of Byzantine Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| Medieval Georgian Architecture: Key Moments in its Development | Tamara Tvildiani, Lecturer Art History and Theory, Tbilisi State Academy of Arts |
| Medieval Georgian Illuminated Manuscripts, Painted Icons and Cloisonné Enamel | Nino Gaganidze, Professor of Art History, Tbilisi State Academy of Arts |
| Afternoon Session | |
| Genius of Medieval Georgian Art | Gary Vikan, Director, The Walters Art Museum |
| Defining Georgia Inside and Out | Ori Z. Soltes, Lecturer in Theology and Art History, Georgetown University |
| Medieval Georgian Mural Paintings | Ani Kldiashvili, Professor of Art History, Tbilisi State Academy ofArts |
| Medieval Georgian Relief Sculpture: Repoussé Icons and Architectural Decoration | Nino Gaganidze, Professor of Art History, Tbilisi State Academy of Arts |
| Evening Session | |
| Monuments at Risk: Preservation and Conservation Initiatives in Georgia | Maka Dvalishvili, President, Georgian Arts and Culture Center Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Harriman Institute, Columbia University |
| The Village of Chazhashi: Case Study of Georgian Svannish Vernacular Architecture> | Mary Kay Judy, Architectural Conservator |
| Georgia at the Crossroads: The Moorish Style in Georgian Secular Architecture of the 18th-19th Centuries | Irina Koshoridze, Senior Curator, Georgian National Museum Visiting Scholar, Department of Art History, New York University |
| Modern Georgian Art in the Context of Western Culture | Mzia Chikhradze, Senior Research Fellow, G. Chubinashvili National Center for Georgian Art History Research and Heritage Protection |
| Closing Remarks | Catharine Nepomnyashchy, Director, Harriman Institute, Columbia University |
| Reception |
