Study Days - January 2023 Edition

“Precious Ornaments”

Study Days organized by L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts, with the support of Van Cleef & Arpels and the Collège de France on January 26th and 27th 2023.

Study Days "Functions of Precious Ornament in the European Courts at the end of the Middle Ages and during the Renaissance"

L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts and the Collège de France organized two study days on January 26th and 27th 2023: "Functions of Precious Ornament in the European Courts at the end of the Middle Ages and during the Renaissance".

Program

January 26th - 27th, 2023 (Thu - Fri)

Study Days organized under the direction of Francesco Solinas, Associate Professor at the Collège de France, Marie-Laure Cassius-Duranton, research professor at L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts and Guillaume Glorieux, Director of Education and Research at L'ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts.

Thursday, January 26

2.30pm : Francesco Solinas (Collège de France)
Welcome

2.45pm-3pm: Guillaume Glorieux (L'ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts, Paris)
Introduction : The Jewel in Art History

Session Chairperson : Marie-Laure Cassius-Duranton (L'ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts, Paris)

3pm-3.40pm : Philippe Cordez (Centre allemand d’histoire de l’art, Paris)
The Stones of Israel. Jewish and Christian Cameos in the 13th Century

3.40pm-4.20pm : Valérie Gontero-Lauze (Université d’Aix-Marseille)
The Carbuncle, a multi-faceted medieval gemstone

4.20pm-4.40pm : Break4.40pm-5.20pm : Isabelle Bardiès-Fronty (Musée de Cluny, Paris)
Behind the Image: an Archaeology of Medieval Jewelry

5.20pm-6pm: Giampaolo Distefano (Università di torino)
Gold, Silver, Enamel. About the Parisian Goldsmithing in the first half of the 14th Century

Friday, January 27

10am: Chairperson of the meeting: Francesco Solinas (Collège de France)

10.10am-10.50am: Enrico Parlato (Università della tuscia, Viterbo)
Before the Maniera Moderna, before the Academies, the Primacy of Goldsmithing in the 15th Century

10.50am-11.30am : Julie Rohou (Musée d’Ecouen)
Nothing is Lost, Nothing is Created…; the Second Life of Renaissance Jewelry

11.30am-12.10pm: Paola Venturelli (Università di Verona)
Ladies of the Sforza House. Portraits and Goldsmithing in Milan (1490-1520)

13h00 : Lunch Break

2.30pm-3.10pm : Adriano Amendola (Università di Salerno)
Jewelers and Goldsmiths at the Papal Court: from Antoniazzo Romano to Raffaello

3.10pm-3.50pm : Marie-Laure Cassius-Duranton (L'ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts, Paris)
Gems of Virtues and Virtues of Gems in the Renaissance

3.50pm-4.30pm : Soersha Dyon (EPHE - Paris)
The Jewelry Trade at the Valois Court of France: the role of Ornament

4.50pm : Discussion and conclusion of the first session