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On October 18, 2012 there will be held an international colloquium entitled The face of the dead and the early christian world, directed by Ivan Foletti (Lausanne-Brno). The theme chosen for this meeting is the study of funerary images in the transition between late antiquity and the Middle Ages. The central question will a reflection on the function of the funerary images in a broad sense, but also their impact on the early christian world. The choice of the chronological time also shows the second intention of the colloquium: this is an attempt to explain why the ancient funerary tradition of the image will eventually disappear, replaced by other figures of the representative functions. Through various media - from the mosaic and painting, through sculpture and ending with gilded glasses - there will be presented one of the nodal representation of the self: the human face on the border between life and death.Program:10:00 Ivan Foletti, Masaryk University of Brno and University of LausanneFyziognomick&#253; obraz jako n&#225;stroj r&#233;toriky: "portr&#233;ty" v&#160;San Vittore in Ciel d'oro v&#160;Mil&#225;ně a&#160;v San Paolo Fuori le Mura v&#160;Ř&#237;mě / Physiognomic representations as a&#160;rhetoric instrument: &#8220;portraits&#8221; in San Vittore in Ciel d&#8217;oro and San Paolo fuori le mura10:45 Chiara Croci, University of M&#252;nster and University of Lausanne&#160;&#160;Portraiture on early christian gold-glasses: some observation.11:30 Stefano D&#8217;Ovidio, University of Naples "Federico II"Devotion and memory: episcopal portraits in the Cripta dei vescovi in Naples14:00 Nicolas Bock,&#160;University of LausannePictura tacens in pariete loqui. Poetic competition and Early Christian portraiture around 40014:45 Valentina Cantone, University of PadovaThe syncretic portrait. Visual contaminations in Early Christian Art15:30 Ladislav Kesner,&#160;Masaryk University of BrnoTv&#225;ř a&#160;smrt v&#160;rann&#233; Č&#237;ně / Face and Death in Early ChinaVenue:Moravian Gallery: lecture hall of Museum of Applies Arts, Husova 14Organized byDepartment of the History of Art (FA)Moravian Gallery in BrnoResponsibility:Ivan Foletti, M.A., PhD. (Universit&#233; Lausanne)