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Department of the History of Art and Archaeology

Research Seminar in Islamic Art and Archaeology

Convened by Professor Anna Contadini

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Forthcoming Events

Seminar on the Pisa Griffin and the Mari-Cha Lion

This seminar is intended to further our understanding of these bronze objects by sharing the results of the scientific analyses and the historical and art-historical investigations that have taken place in the last ten years.

14 February 2013, Russell Square: College Buildings, Khalili Lecture Theatre, 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

Three papers on Islamic Art in the 19th Century

Convened by Professor Anna Contadini

Anna McSweeney, The Afterlife of the Alhambra. Architectural revivals in the 19th century Middle East  

Melanie Gibson, Colouring the surface: a taste for 'Persian' tiles in English domestic architecture, 1860-1910

George Manginis, Iznik in Athens: Ottoman-style tile revetments on inter-war public buildings in Greece

28 February 2013, Brunei Gallery, B111, 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM