Conference on Early Christian Art in Pécs

 

Early Christian Art:

An International Conference

with special regard to the early Christian Cemetery in Sopianae (Pécs – Hungary)

Cella Septichora Visitor Centre, Pécs, Hungary, 24-25. May, 2012.

Organised by Cella Septichora Visitor Centre and University of Pécs, Centre for Patristic Studies

 Conference program

24. May, Thursday

9:00 Welcome speeches – György Udvardy (Bishop of Pécs) and Róbert Somos (University of Pécs, Centre for Patristic Studies)

9:30 Visiting the World Heritage exhibition with the guidance of Zsolt Visy and Olivér Gábor

12:00 Lunch – House of Arts and Literature

Lectures – House of Arts and Literature

13:00 – 13:30 Zsolt Visy, The Paradise in the Early Christian cemetery of Sopianae.

13:30 – 14:00 Olivér Gábor, Early Christian Buildings in the Northern Cemetery of Sopianae (Pannonia, Valeria Provincia.)

14:00-14:20 Discussion

14:20-14:30 Coffee break

14.30-15:00 Allen Brent, Klauser’s methodological perspective in his interpretation of early Christian artefacts.

15:00-15:30 Eileen Rubery, From catacomb to sanctuary: the orant figure and Rome’s virgin saints.

15:30-16:00 Reita Sutherland, The Christian Orant: Prayer and Piety.

16:00-16:30 Discussion

17:00 – Sightseeing in Pécs (optional)

25. May, Friday

9:00 – 9:30 Levente Nagy, Zoltán Kádár and the Early Christian Iconography of Roman Pannonia: some problems of interpretation.

9:30 – 10:00 Gaetano Bevelaqua, Observations on Christian Epigraphy in Pannonia.

10:00-10:20 Discussion

10:20-10:30 Coffee break

10:30 – 11:00 Marianne Sághy, Word and Image: Poetic and Pictorial Representations of Martyrs in Late Antique Funerary Art.

11:00 – 11:30 György Heidl, Remarks on the iconography in “Peter-Paul” (No. 1.) Burial Chamber of Sopianae.

11:30 – 12:00 Péter Csigi, Iconographic approaches to the early Christian artefacts in Sopianae.

12:00 -12:30 Discussion

12:30 – Lunch

13:30 – 14:00 Krisztina Hudák, Technical observations on the paintings in the St. Peter and Paul (No. 1.) Burial Chamber of Sopianae. (The paper will be read out by Levente Nagy.)

14:00 – 14.30 Isván Bugár, Theology on Images?

14:30-15:00 Markus Vinzent, Battle and Conquest or the Power of Frames – On Christ’s Resurrection in Early Christian Art.

15:00-15:30 Discussion