Navigare nell'Italia bizantina. Arte, musei, mostre, web, Sapienza Università di Roma, June 4–6, 2024
Navigare nell'Italia bizantina. Arte, musei, mostre, web aims to offer a multidisciplinary perspective on Byzantine artifacts preserved and exhibited in museums, collections, and churches across Italy. This event is part of the PRIN Project "Navigating through Byzantine Italy: An Online Catalog to Study and Enhance a Submerged Artistic Heritage."
Italy's Byzantine heritage is remarkably rich, encompassing a diverse array of objects such as icons, panel paintings, marble and wood sculptures, goldsmith works, ivory carvings, textiles, illuminated manuscripts, and fragments of mosaics and frescoes. Despite their exceptional historical significance, these artifacts form a "network" that is not widely visible due to their scattered locations. The PRIN Project seeks to create a database that virtually assembles the first "Italian Byzantine Museum" accessible online, aiming to enhance and popularize these artifacts among non-specialist audiences.
Navigare nell'Italia bizantina will present research findings and discuss key issues through a series of case studies, with papers delivered by specialists from universities, superintendencies, and museums, organized into seven panels. The conference will provide an opportunity to deepen the understanding of an extraordinarily valuable yet often "submerged" heritage, which reflects the mobility and exchange phenomena that influenced the Mediterranean throughout the Middle Ages and beyond. This includes dynamics related to religious history, patronage, diplomacy, trade, and collecting. Particular attention will be given to the afterlife of Byzantine artifacts in Italy up to the present day, addressing themes of conservation, museum layouts, exhibitions, and the web.
Organized by Antonio Iacobini, Maria Luigia Fobelli, Simona Moretti, Manuela De Giorgi