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Papers by Andrea Luigi Corsi
Sēnmurw – Journal of Iranian Studies 3 (2024): 1-55.
Proceedings of the 12th ICAANE (International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near Eas... more Proceedings of the 12th ICAANE (International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East), Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna, 5-9 April 2021, Vol. 2: Field Reports, Islamic Archaeology. Wiesbaden, 2023, 749-761.
After the recent publication of two previously unknown “Sasanian” silver plates depicting the ren... more After the recent publication of two previously unknown “Sasanian” silver plates depicting the renowned scene of the chariot of the Lunar God Mah, added to the other five known examples, this article reconsiders one specimen of this series of objects – here addressed as the “Rashy plate” –, the authenticity of which appears questionable. Three parameters are considered for discussing this plate: iconography, manufacturing technique and provenance, and all of them are contextualised in the period of the great exhibitions of Persian Art (between the 1930s and the 1960s). The outcome of these exhibitions, besides stimulating scholarly research on previously understudied artistic productions, was the consequent rising interest by museums and private collectors in art objects from the ancient Iranian world. The introduction of possible forgeries, such as the Rashy plate, coherently fits into this increasing demand of the art market.
Maḥabbatnāma. Scritti offerti a Maria Vittoria Fontana dai suoi allievi per il suo settantesimo c... more Maḥabbatnāma. Scritti offerti a Maria Vittoria Fontana dai suoi allievi per il suo settantesimo compleanno. Pubblicazioni dell’Istituto per l’Oriente C. A. Nallino, 125 (V. Laviola - M. Massullo eds.), pp. 77-100. Roma, 2020.
Viola Allegranzi & Valentina Laviola (eds.), Texts and Contexts. Ongoing Researches on the Easter... more Viola Allegranzi & Valentina Laviola (eds.), Texts and Contexts. Ongoing Researches on the Eastern Iranian World (Ninth-Fifteenth C.) [Pubblicazioni dell'Istituto per l'Oriente C.A. Nallino 120]. Roma, p. 135-155 , 2020
This paper deals with the stucco merlon uncovered by D. Whitehouse at Siraf in 1969, currently on... more This paper deals with the stucco merlon uncovered by D. Whitehouse at Siraf in 1969, currently on view in the Gallery of Islamic Art at The British Museum in London, which has not yet been fully studied. On the basis of both its decorative and technical aspects, as well as the context in which it was found, its manufacturing likely relates to the main reconstruction works-carried out at Siraf after the devastating earthquake of 977-characterised by the introduction of a new local moulded stucco production.
The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how an in-depth study of the stucco decoration could be u... more The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how an in-depth study of the stucco decoration could be useful in dating different phases of the Early Abbasid period in the absence of other precise archaeological evidence. Two case studies are presented: the residence of Madinat al-Far in Syria and the Early Abbasid Mosque of Iṣfahān in Iran.
Conference Presentations by Andrea Luigi Corsi
3rd Biennal Indian Ocean World Archaeology Conference - Department of Archaeology, University of ... more 3rd Biennal Indian Ocean World Archaeology Conference - Department of Archaeology, University of York. 12-13 December 2024.
CONNECTING STUCCO IN THE MEDITERRANEAN (c. 300 BCE – 1200 CE) Methodological approaches and the s... more CONNECTING STUCCO IN THE MEDITERRANEAN (c. 300 BCE – 1200 CE) Methodological approaches and the state of research. 16-18 May 2024 Bilkent University and Erimtan Musem, Ankara, organised by Agnieszka Lic, Flavia Vanni, Luca Zavagno
Paper presented at the Workshop "Islamic Art History Network (IAHN)", organised by Richard McClar... more Paper presented at the Workshop "Islamic Art History Network (IAHN)", organised by Richard McClary and Marcus Milwright. 24-25 November 2023, University of York.
Paper presented at the 4th Congress of Studies on the Middle East and Muslim Worlds, Aix-Marseill... more Paper presented at the 4th Congress of Studies on the Middle East and Muslim Worlds, Aix-Marseille Université, 28-30.06.2021.
Paper presented at the International Workshop Dans l’objectif d’Henry Viollet: Les monuments isla... more Paper presented at the International Workshop Dans l’objectif d’Henry Viollet: Les monuments islamiques à travers un fonds d’archives inexploré (1904-1913), organized by Sandra Aube and Martina Massullo. Paris, BULAC, 23 June 2022.
Paper presented at the International Conference Stucco in the Architecture of Iran and Neighbouri... more Paper presented at the International Conference Stucco in the Architecture of Iran and Neighbouring Lands: New Research – New Horizons, organized by Lorenz Korn, Iman Aghajani, Ana Marija Grbanovic and Moslem Mishmastnehi. Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, 4-7 May 2022.
Paper presented at the Online Round Table A Carved History: New Researches on Medieval Iranian St... more Paper presented at the Online Round Table A Carved History: New Researches on Medieval Iranian Stucco (8th - 14th c.) organized by Viola Allegranzi, Institut für Iranistik (online), Wien.
Paper presented at the 16th Colloquium of the Ernst Herzfeld Society, Sapienza Università di Roma... more Paper presented at the 16th Colloquium of the Ernst Herzfeld Society, Sapienza Università di Roma, 02-04 July 2021.
Paper presented at the 12th ICAANE (International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near... more Paper presented at the 12th ICAANE (International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East), Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 5-9 April 2021.
Paper presented at the “Seminario della scuola di dottorato in archeologia, VIII edizione”. Sapie... more Paper presented at the “Seminario della scuola di dottorato in archeologia, VIII edizione”. Sapienza University of Rome (online), 18-19/02/2021.
Paper presented at the Majlis annual meeting of the Historians of Islamic Art Association (HIAA),... more Paper presented at the Majlis annual meeting of the Historians of Islamic Art Association (HIAA), Yale University (online), 11th February 2021.
Paper presented at the Online Round Table “A Carved History: New Researches on Medieval Iranian S... more Paper presented at the Online Round Table “A Carved History: New Researches on Medieval Iranian Stucco (8th - 14th c.)” organized by Viola Allegranzi, Institut für Iranistik, Wien, 15/01/2021.
Sēnmurw – Journal of Iranian Studies 3 (2024): 1-55.
Proceedings of the 12th ICAANE (International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near Eas... more Proceedings of the 12th ICAANE (International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East), Alma Mater Studiorum Bologna, 5-9 April 2021, Vol. 2: Field Reports, Islamic Archaeology. Wiesbaden, 2023, 749-761.
After the recent publication of two previously unknown “Sasanian” silver plates depicting the ren... more After the recent publication of two previously unknown “Sasanian” silver plates depicting the renowned scene of the chariot of the Lunar God Mah, added to the other five known examples, this article reconsiders one specimen of this series of objects – here addressed as the “Rashy plate” –, the authenticity of which appears questionable. Three parameters are considered for discussing this plate: iconography, manufacturing technique and provenance, and all of them are contextualised in the period of the great exhibitions of Persian Art (between the 1930s and the 1960s). The outcome of these exhibitions, besides stimulating scholarly research on previously understudied artistic productions, was the consequent rising interest by museums and private collectors in art objects from the ancient Iranian world. The introduction of possible forgeries, such as the Rashy plate, coherently fits into this increasing demand of the art market.
Maḥabbatnāma. Scritti offerti a Maria Vittoria Fontana dai suoi allievi per il suo settantesimo c... more Maḥabbatnāma. Scritti offerti a Maria Vittoria Fontana dai suoi allievi per il suo settantesimo compleanno. Pubblicazioni dell’Istituto per l’Oriente C. A. Nallino, 125 (V. Laviola - M. Massullo eds.), pp. 77-100. Roma, 2020.
Viola Allegranzi & Valentina Laviola (eds.), Texts and Contexts. Ongoing Researches on the Easter... more Viola Allegranzi & Valentina Laviola (eds.), Texts and Contexts. Ongoing Researches on the Eastern Iranian World (Ninth-Fifteenth C.) [Pubblicazioni dell'Istituto per l'Oriente C.A. Nallino 120]. Roma, p. 135-155 , 2020
This paper deals with the stucco merlon uncovered by D. Whitehouse at Siraf in 1969, currently on... more This paper deals with the stucco merlon uncovered by D. Whitehouse at Siraf in 1969, currently on view in the Gallery of Islamic Art at The British Museum in London, which has not yet been fully studied. On the basis of both its decorative and technical aspects, as well as the context in which it was found, its manufacturing likely relates to the main reconstruction works-carried out at Siraf after the devastating earthquake of 977-characterised by the introduction of a new local moulded stucco production.
The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how an in-depth study of the stucco decoration could be u... more The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how an in-depth study of the stucco decoration could be useful in dating different phases of the Early Abbasid period in the absence of other precise archaeological evidence. Two case studies are presented: the residence of Madinat al-Far in Syria and the Early Abbasid Mosque of Iṣfahān in Iran.
3rd Biennal Indian Ocean World Archaeology Conference - Department of Archaeology, University of ... more 3rd Biennal Indian Ocean World Archaeology Conference - Department of Archaeology, University of York. 12-13 December 2024.
CONNECTING STUCCO IN THE MEDITERRANEAN (c. 300 BCE – 1200 CE) Methodological approaches and the s... more CONNECTING STUCCO IN THE MEDITERRANEAN (c. 300 BCE – 1200 CE) Methodological approaches and the state of research. 16-18 May 2024 Bilkent University and Erimtan Musem, Ankara, organised by Agnieszka Lic, Flavia Vanni, Luca Zavagno
Paper presented at the Workshop "Islamic Art History Network (IAHN)", organised by Richard McClar... more Paper presented at the Workshop "Islamic Art History Network (IAHN)", organised by Richard McClary and Marcus Milwright. 24-25 November 2023, University of York.
Paper presented at the 4th Congress of Studies on the Middle East and Muslim Worlds, Aix-Marseill... more Paper presented at the 4th Congress of Studies on the Middle East and Muslim Worlds, Aix-Marseille Université, 28-30.06.2021.
Paper presented at the International Workshop Dans l’objectif d’Henry Viollet: Les monuments isla... more Paper presented at the International Workshop Dans l’objectif d’Henry Viollet: Les monuments islamiques à travers un fonds d’archives inexploré (1904-1913), organized by Sandra Aube and Martina Massullo. Paris, BULAC, 23 June 2022.
Paper presented at the International Conference Stucco in the Architecture of Iran and Neighbouri... more Paper presented at the International Conference Stucco in the Architecture of Iran and Neighbouring Lands: New Research – New Horizons, organized by Lorenz Korn, Iman Aghajani, Ana Marija Grbanovic and Moslem Mishmastnehi. Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, 4-7 May 2022.
Paper presented at the Online Round Table A Carved History: New Researches on Medieval Iranian St... more Paper presented at the Online Round Table A Carved History: New Researches on Medieval Iranian Stucco (8th - 14th c.) organized by Viola Allegranzi, Institut für Iranistik (online), Wien.
Paper presented at the 16th Colloquium of the Ernst Herzfeld Society, Sapienza Università di Roma... more Paper presented at the 16th Colloquium of the Ernst Herzfeld Society, Sapienza Università di Roma, 02-04 July 2021.
Paper presented at the 12th ICAANE (International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near... more Paper presented at the 12th ICAANE (International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East), Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 5-9 April 2021.
Paper presented at the “Seminario della scuola di dottorato in archeologia, VIII edizione”. Sapie... more Paper presented at the “Seminario della scuola di dottorato in archeologia, VIII edizione”. Sapienza University of Rome (online), 18-19/02/2021.
Paper presented at the Majlis annual meeting of the Historians of Islamic Art Association (HIAA),... more Paper presented at the Majlis annual meeting of the Historians of Islamic Art Association (HIAA), Yale University (online), 11th February 2021.
Paper presented at the Online Round Table “A Carved History: New Researches on Medieval Iranian S... more Paper presented at the Online Round Table “A Carved History: New Researches on Medieval Iranian Stucco (8th - 14th c.)” organized by Viola Allegranzi, Institut für Iranistik, Wien, 15/01/2021.
Ernst Herzfeld Society 15th Colloquium (Graduate Meeting), Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budap... more Ernst Herzfeld Society 15th Colloquium (Graduate Meeting), Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest – Avicenna Institute of Middle Eastern
Studies, Piliscsaba, July 4, 2019.
Conference held at the Art University of Isfahan, 30/04/2019.
Symposia Iranica, Fourth Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies 13-14 April 2019, St. Mary's Coll... more Symposia Iranica, Fourth Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies 13-14 April 2019, St. Mary's College, St. Andrews.
Workshop "Monasteries, Cities, Settlements – al-Hira and Early Islamic Urbanism in Mesopotamia". ... more Workshop "Monasteries, Cities, Settlements – al-Hira and Early Islamic Urbanism in Mesopotamia". Berlin 17-18 December 2018. Org. Dr. Martina Müller-Wiener and Dr. Martin Gussone.
Seminario della Scuola di Dottorato in Archeologia - VI Edizione, 2019
Ernst Herzfeld Society Colloquium (Graduate Meeting), University of Straßburg, July 5, 2018.
MA Thesis, Università di Roma "La Sapienza" (2015/2016).
Poster presented at the Round table : "Testi e contesti. Ricerche in corso sul mondo iranico orie... more Poster presented at the Round table : "Testi e contesti. Ricerche in corso sul mondo iranico orientale (IX-XV sec.)" Naples, 14th September 2018.
ICAANE 2018- 11th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Munich, 3–7... more ICAANE 2018- 11th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, Munich, 3–7 April 2018.
4ème Congrès du GIS MOMM, June 28, 2021
During the early Abbasid period (8th-9th centuries), architectural decoration is largely dominate... more During the early Abbasid period (8th-9th centuries), architectural decoration is largely dominated by extensive use of carved stucco. Yet many of these stuccoes have been barely studied. Over the last few years, several individual investigations have focused on stucco corpora retrieved from key archaeological sites spanning from the Mediterranean to Central Asia, and have provided new data on hitherto unpublished materials. By presenting some of these ongoing studies, this panel aims to explore new evidence from a broad comparative perspective. Despite their geographical distance, stuccoes originated from the Syrian-Iraqi region (Madinat al-Far, Samarra) and from the Persianate world (Isfahan, Balkh, Samarkand) share in many respects a common artistic language. Through a comparative approach, we propose to question the chronology of these corpora and the circulation of models and craftsmen across the Abbasid caliphate.
I progetti di ricerca dei dottorandi in archeologia della Sapienza - Università di Roma affrontan... more I progetti di ricerca dei dottorandi in archeologia della Sapienza - Università di Roma affrontano un'ampia varietà di tematiche di studio e problemi archeologici attraverso approcci metodologici diversi. L'annuale seminario nasce, a partire dal 2015 e per la stessa volontà dei dottorandi, con l'intento di costruire un momento di ampio confronto con la comunità scientifica accademica ed extra-accademica. A tal fine, ai dottorandi relatori spetta il compito di selezionare, nell'ambito delle ricerche in corso, argomenti utili ad alimentare il dibattito in termini inter-curriculari e inter-disciplinari
Il Seminario della Scuola di Dottorato in Archeologia (SSDA) della Sapienza Università di Roma co... more Il Seminario della Scuola di Dottorato in Archeologia (SSDA) della Sapienza Università di Roma costituisce un ampio e fondamentale momento di incontro e di scambio fra i dottorandi della Scuola e di confronto con la comunità scientifica accademica ed extra-accademica.
Il Seminario è un'iniziativa degli stessi dottorandi della Scuola e nel 2020 è giunto alla sua VII edizione.
L'eterogeneità dei progetti di ricerca dei dottorandi in Archeologia risulta essere un valore aggiunto ed uno stimolo per il confronto e per il dibattito in termini inter-curriculari ed inter-disciplinari.
https://sites.google.com/uniroma1.it/semdottoratoarcheosap/
Facebook: SSDA- Seminario della Scuola di Dottorato in Archeologia Sapienza
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SSDASapienza
I progetti di ricerca dei dottorandi in archeologia della Sapienza - Università di Roma affrontan... more I progetti di ricerca dei dottorandi in archeologia della Sapienza - Università di Roma affrontano un'ampia varietà di tematiche di studio e problemi archeologici attraverso approcci metodologici diversi. L'annuale seminario nasce, a partire dal 2015 e per la stessa volontà dei dottorandi, con l'intento di costruire un momento di ampio confronto con la comunità scientifica accademica ed extra-accademica. A tal fine, ai dottorandi relatori spetta il compito di selezionare, nell'ambito delle ricerche in corso, argomenti utili ad alimentare il dibattito in termini inter-curriculari e inter-disciplinari.
https://sites.google.com/uniroma1.it/semdottoratoarcheosap/
Journal of Art Historiography, 2023
Published online (https://arthistoriography.wordpress.com/28-jun23/)
When Change is a Relief: Stucco surfaces and aesthetic values in Late Antiquity.