Santiago de Compostela: Cathedral, Monastery, and Countryside
A Concert and Symposium on the VR Romanesque Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
Wednesday and Thursday, November 12 and 13, 2003
The virtual model of the cathedral as it was at the time of its consecration in 1211 was produced for
Professor John Dagenais
Department of Spanish and Portuguese, UCLA
By the UCLA Cultural VR Lab, under the direction of
Professor Bernard Frischer
Department of Classics, UCLA
Chief Modeler: Dean Abernathy
Modelers: Rebeka Vital and Renee Calkins
Sound Designer: David Beaudry
Project Scientific Committee
- Professor Diane Favro, Department of Architecture and Urban Design, UCLA
- Professor Teófilo Ruiz, Department of History, UCLA
Project Consultants
- John Williams, Distinguished Service Professor of History of Art and Architecture Emeritus,
University of Pittsburgh
- José Suárez Otero, Archeologist and Curator, Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
- James D'Emilio, Associate Professor of Humanities, University of South Florida, Tampa
Project Student Assistants: Teresa Chen and Ben Story
PROGRAM
November 12
Visualization Portal (Math Sciences Building), 5:00 PM: "Concert in the Cathedral" by UCLA Sounds
A performance of liturgical music for St. James from the Codex Calixtinus and popular music relating to pilgrimage to Compostela
- Musical Director: Martha Cowan
- Sound Designer: David Beaudry
To register for this event please click on this Concert reservations link and follow instructions given there.
November 13
Viewings of the model in UCLA's Visualization Portal, in the Math Sciences Building.
Symposium, 4:00 PM (314 Royce Hall):
- John Williams, Distinguished Service Professor of History of Art and Architecture Emeritus,
University of Pittsburgh: "The Tomb of Santiago: A View from the Other Side"
- José Suárez Otero, Archeologist and Curator, Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela:
"De la arqueología inmanente: La investigación arqueológica en la Catedral de Santiago" (English translations will be available at the session)
- James D'Emilio, Department of Humanities, University of South Florida, Tampa, "Responses to Santiago Cathedral in Twelfth- and Thirteenth-Century Galicia"
This model could not have been produced without the invaluable contributions of dozens of UCLA
students who participated in the History and Spanish Summer Study Abroad course on "The Pilgrimage Roads to Santiago de Compostela" in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003.
This model was produced through the generous support of the Verizon/GTE Foundation, the UCLA Center for Digital Innovation.the
UCLA Office of Instructional Development, the UCLA Cultural VR Laboratory and UCLA Academic Technology Services
Support for this symposim was provided by the following:
- Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, UCLA
- Academic Technology Services, UCLA (with special thanks to Pieter Lechner and Carmela Cunningham)