Core-to-Core Program Seminar 6:

International Research Seminar on Conservation for the Wall Paintings in Cappadocia

2nd edition
11 September 2024

Programme:

9:00-9:30
Opening
Background of the projects
Paola Pogliani, Tuscia University Yoko Taniguchi, Univerity of Tsukuba

Bülent GÖNÜLTAŞ
Deputy General Manager of General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums

Prof. Dr. Semih AKTEKİN
Rector of Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University

Ali FİDAN
Governor of Nevşehir

Conservation Studies of the New Tokalı Church, Göreme Open Air Museum

9:30-10:15
The restoration of the New Tokalı Church paintings in the making. Between graphic documentation and aesthetic presentation
Maria Andaloro, Livia Alberti: Tuscia University

10:15-11:05
Techniques and materials: new acquisitions
Paola Pogliani, Claudia Pelosi: Tuscia University; Ömer Kantoğlu: TENMAK Ankara

Tea Break

11:20-11:40
Engineering geological problems threatening the rock mass quality of Tokalı Church and proposed measures
Mutluhan Akın: Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University

Conservation Studies of the Church of St. Simeon in Paşabağ, Avanos

11:40-12:00
A trial to create digital outlines to assist retouching intervention for a fragmented panel at St. Simeon
Akemi Narita: Aichi University of the Arts

Lunch Break

Other Experience

13:30-14:00
Conservation for tuff rock monument in Japan: as a case study for Cappadocia churches Yoko Taniguchi: University of Tsukuba

14:00-14:30
New insights into the execution technique of Etruscan painted hypogea in Tarquinia and possible comparisons with Lycian Tombs from the 5th century BC
Maria Cristina Tomassetti: Italian Cultural Ministry

Conservation Working with the Governorship of Nevşehir

14:30-15:00
Documentation of the wall paintings of St. Nicholas Church
Mustafa Toptepe, Yaşar Bulmuş: Nevşehir Conservation and Restoration Regional Laboratory

15:00-15:30
Preliminary restoration project and iconographic studies of wall paintings of Keşlik Monastery (Archangel Church)
Hirofumi Sugawara: Kanazawa University; Tolga UYAR: Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University

15:30-16:00
Cleaning works of vandalized areas in Hacıbektaş Veli Tomb
Muhammet Sami Ateş, Murat Ünal: Nevşehir Conservation and Restoration Regional Laboratory

16:00-17:30
Site Visit

Venue:

Vali Şinasi Kuş Culture and Congress Center, Mustafa Hayri Efendi Hall, Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University