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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Santiago Cathedral Project events in Santiago de Compostela
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SUMMARY:Santiago Cathedral Project events in Santiago de Compostela
DESCRIPTION:<p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #181818;"><drupal-media data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="78cdbd00-cc9b-426b-b187-25f977a0e0a7" data-align="left"></drupal-media>RCC is pleased to announce two events to be held in Santiago de Compostela on December 2-3 in the context of the </span><em>Santiago Cathedral Project</em><span style="color: #181818;">, directed by Dr. <a href="internal:/people/francisco-prado-vilar" data-url="http://rcc.harvard.edu/people/francisco-prado-vilar">Francisco Prado-Vilar</a> with the participation of the RCC, which serves as the headquarters of this project in America</span> honoring Harvard´s outstanding tradition in the study of the Cathedral of Santiago since the beginning of the 20th century. <!--break--></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">The events include the induction ceremony of the recipients of the 2015 Andrew W. Mellon fellowships (Honorary Hall, Santiago Cathedral, December 2, 11:30 am) and a symposium where the 2014 Mellon fellows will be presenting the results of their research (Dean’s Palace, December 3, 10am-7pm). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><drupal-media data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="02847aef-6f23-49b9-a63c-d976c48ce364" data-align="right"></drupal-media></span>Investigators sponsored by the Mellon Foundation, coming from prestigious universities and conservation institutes such as Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Opificio delle Pietre Dure (Florence), among others, have made important contributions to essential lines of investigation for the <a href="internal:/santiago-cathedral-project-0" data-url="http://rcc.harvard.edu/santiago-cathedral-project-0"><em>Santiago Cathedral Project</em></a> using state-of-the-art methodologies and tecniques, ranging from “the assessment of the efficacy of water-based nanoparticle gels and Nd:YAG lasers in the cleaning of polychrome stone sculpture”, and “the comparative analysis of pigments and techniques in illuminated manuscripts and monumental sculpture using X-ray fluorescence (XRF), confocal microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and spectrophotogrammetry”, to the study of the Portal of Glory as a performative space from the perspective of musicology, liturgical theater, and popular ritual. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">For more information on the <em><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="internal:/santiago-cathedral-project-0" data-url="http://rcc.harvard.edu/santiago-cathedral-project-0"><em>Santiago Cathedral Project</em></a></span></em>, sponsored by the Barrié Foundation, with the collaboration of the RCC, the Santiago Cathedral Foundation, the Complutense Foundation, the Spanish Cultural H</span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">eritage Institute and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, visit <a href="http://www.programacatedral.com/" target="_blank">www.programacatedral.com</a></span></p>
LOCATION:Honorary Hall, Santiago Cathedral, Santiago de Compostela (Spain)
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