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This global symposium on Byzantine artistic heritage brought together experts in Byzantine studies, art conservators, and cultural historians from a diverse array of 30+ countries to investigate the lasting impact of Byzantine visual culture. Held in the historic city of Thessaloniki, the conference featured over a hundred presentations ranging from religious imagery and decorative arts to the influence of Byzantine aesthetics on later medieval and Renaissance art.

Participants examined how devotional art, political iconography, and design breakthroughs shaped artistic expression throughout the Byzantine sphere and its peripheries.

The most captivating feature featured a collaborative display of previously inaccessible codices and sacred vessels from the ascetic communities of Athos and the ancient Christian enclaves of Egypt. Scholars presented new findings on material spectroscopy that mapped the movement of ultramarine and gold leaf across continents, illustrating the intricate transregional markets that sustained the creation of sacred objects.

Additional sessions explored the the agency of women in commissioning and producing art, a subject long underrepresented in traditional Byzantine studies.

The opening plenary delivered by Professor Elena Vasiliev explored the ways in which Byzantine art was transformed within Eastern European and Islamic artistic traditions, challenging the notion of cultural isolation. She asserted that Byzantine motifs were not passive imitations but dynamic adaptations to mirror indigenous beliefs and power structures. This perspective ignited vigorous academic discourse, many of whom presented case studies from Georgia, Serbia, and even as far as Ethiopia and Nubia.

Hands-on seminars delivered direct engagement in traditional gilding and tempera painting, allowing participants to gain deeper appreciation for the artistry behind the objects they study.

A companion public display featured conserved murals and movable altarpieces borrowed from sacred sites and site [http://global.gwangju.ac.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=g0101&wr_id=989002] institutions spanning the Mediterranean basin.

The conference concluded with a a collective plea to expand transnational efforts to safeguard and electronically document the visual treasures of the Eastern Roman world, with priority given to areas under threat from instability or ecological degradation. Attendees agreed that the study of Byzantine art is not confined to the past but remains vital to understanding the interconnectedness of global artistic traditions.

In the words of an attendee, the language of Byzantine imagery continues to echo through time and geography.