L’Association Internationale pour

l’Étude de la Mosaïque Antique (AIEMA)

North American Branch

Colloquium

October 16-18, 2014

The Getty Villa at Malibu,

North Campus Meeting Rooms

Two hunters. Detail of a fragmentary mosaic depicting a bear hunt. Roman, fourth century, from Baiae.

J. Paul Getty Museum, Villa Collection 72.AH.76.

Thursday, Oct. 16

9:00	Registration and Morning Coffee
9:30	Welcome
9:50	Session I – Conservation
9:50	Jeanne Marie Teutonico, Getty Conservation Institute “MOSAIKON: a regional initiative for the conservation of mosaics in the Mediterranean region”
10:10	Beril Bicer-Simsir, Getty Conservation Institute “Evaluation of lime-based hydraulic mortars for backing lifted mosaics”
10:30	Jeff Maish and Eduardo Sanchez, J. Paul Getty Museum “Considerations and compromise in the conservation of a fragmentary mosaic panel of Achilles and Briseis"
10:50	Questions/Discussion; Coffee
11:20	Nicol Anastassatou, American School of Classical Studies, Corinth Excavations, and Betsey A. Robinson, Vanderbilt University "A Roman mosaic in the south stoa, Corinth,Greece: new studies and conservation plans"
11:40	Stephen Clews, Roman Baths and Pump Room at Bath “The conservation and display of mosaics from the Durley Hill Villa, Keynsham, UK"
12:00	Questions/Discussion
12:20	Lunch (opportunity to visit Villa galleries and gardens)

2:00	Session II - Mosaics of Italy and Gaul
2:00	Kenneth Lapatin, J. Paul Getty Museum “The Getty Bear Hunt Mosaic: origins, history, and interpretation”
2:20	Joanne Spurza, Hunter College of the City University of New York “Newly-discovered mosaics at the Palazzo Imperiale, Ostia (2008-2012)”
2:40	Nicole Budrovich, University of California, Davis “Receptions of spectacle: Virgil’s Aeneid and local identity in Gallo-Roman mosaics”
3:00	Questions/Discussion; Coffee
3:30	Free time to visit Getty Villa galleries and gardens (open until 5 pm) (For Speakers Only: potential Visit to Museum Conservation Laboratory or Storerooms)

Friday, Oct. 17

9:30	Morning Coffee
10:00	Tribute in Honor of Rebecca Molholt Vanel by Christine Kondoleon
10:15	Session III - Wall Painting and Stuccoes in Campania
10:15	Bettina Bergmann, Mount Holyoke College “Digital restoration: the Casa del Citarista in Pompeii (I.4.5)”
10:35	Elaine Gazda, University of Michigan “Women slaves and the Bacchic murals in the Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii”
10:55	Eleanor Winsor Leach, Indiana University, Bloomington “Campanian couture: identifying women’s costume in painting”
11:15	Questions/Discussion; Coffee
11:45	Regina Gee, Montana State University “Fragmented histories: a study of fresco pieces from earlier decorative phases of the decoration of Villa A at Oplontis”
12:05	Kristopher Cody Castillo and John Clarke, University of Texas at Austin “New light on the internal and external decoration of Villa A at Oplontis”
12:25	Questions/Discussion
12.35	Lunch
2:00	Session IV – Mosaics of Spain and Portugal
2:00	Miguel Angel Valero Tévar, Center of the National University of Distance Education in Cuenca “Mosaics of the Roman villa at Noheda”

2:20	Marek Titien Olszewski, University of Warsaw “Le programme iconographique de la villa d’Arellano: l’abandon de l’identification de Cybèle et Attis, de son culte et la justification de la nouvelle interprétation des mythes grecs”
2:40	Questions/Discussion
2:50	Maria J. Duran-Kremer, independent scholar, and Mustafa Şahin, Uludağ University at Bursa “East meets west: investigating the reciprocal influence of east and west in the Roman geometric mosaics of Portugal and Turkey: a comparative study"
3:10	Miguel Fonte Pessoa, DGPC-SEC, Conímbriga – Portugal APECMA “Mimicking 'marble' in Roman mosaics in Conímbriga"
3.30	Questions/Discussion; Coffee
4:00	Session V - Mosaics of the Eastern Mediterranean
4:00	Komait Abdallah, Syrian archaeologist (read by Sheila Campbell) “A mosaic of Ain El Heloui discovered at Latakia in Syria”
4:20	David Parrish, Purdue University “The so-called monastery at Torba, region of Halikarnassos: architectural design and mosaic decoration”
4:40	Aliza Steinberg, graduate student, Tel Aviv University “Gender, status and dress code as reflected on the mosaic pavements within the historical - geographic area of Eretz Israel toward the end of late antiquity”
5:00	Questions/Discussion
5:15	Reception for all participants hosted by the Getty Conservation Institute (North Campus East Terrace)

Saturday, Oct. 18

9:00	Morning Coffee
9:30	Session VI - Mosaics of North Africa
9:30	Jeremy Rossiter, University of Alberta “A tiger by the tail: the hunt mosaic from the Central Church at Cyrene”
9:50	Angela Kalinowski, University of Saskatchewan “Reflections on the mosaic of Daniel in the Lions’ Den from the Borj el Youdi: iconography, amphitheater spectacle and patronage”
10:10	Questions/Discussion
10:20	Session VII - Ancient Mosaic Workshop Practice and Modern Connoisseurship
10:20	Marie-Francoise Dumont-Heusers, Icole Normale Supérieure, Paris, and Michel Dumont (CNRS) “The geometry of Roman mosaics: an example in Vaison-la-Romaine”
10:40	Pat Witts, independent scholar, England “Animal instincts: patterns in the nature and distribution of Romano-British animal mosaics”
11:00	Questions/Discussion; Coffee
11:20	Ruth Kolarik, Colorado College “Fountain-of-life mosaics from Macedonia”
11:40	Irina Andreescu-Treadgold, independent scholar, St. Louis “Connoisseurship, wall mosaics, and the trained eye”
12:00	Questions/Discussion
12:10	Lunch

1:10	Session VIII - Contemporary Mosaics and Issues of Art Law Regarding Mosaics
1:10	Angela Clarke, Italian Cultural Centre, Vancouver “Fragments of perception”
1:30	Lilian Broca, mosaic artist “Two heroines of antiquity: from Byzantium to modernism”
1:50	Lucille Roussin, Law Professor, Graduate Studies, Fashion Institute of Technology "Motion between media: modern mosaic artists and copyright infringement"
2:10	Questions/Discussion
2:20	Business Meeting
3:00	Getty Villa Auditorium Keynote Address (open to the general public) By Michael Hoff, Hixson-Lied Professor of Art History, University of Nebraska, Lincoln “The Roman-era city of Antiochia ad Cragum in Western Rough Cilicia: ‘costly’ baths, temples, and mosaics” Questions/Discussion
4:30	Final Reception (Getty Villa Auditorium Lobby and Plaza)

This event is made possible by the generous support of the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Getty Conservation Institute.