Eurasian Studies Balkans, Anatolia, Iran, Caucasus and Central Asia Studies Notebooks

Series | Eurasian Studies
Volume 16 | Edited book | Armenian Art. Critical History and New Perspectives

Armenian Art. Critical History and New Perspectives

Studies in Armenian and Eastern Christian Art 2020
open access | peer reviewed
    edited by
  • Aldo Ferrari - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email orcid profile
  • Stefano Riccioni - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email orcid profile
  • Marco Ruffilli - Université de Genève, Suisse - email
  • Beatrice Spampinato - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email

Abstract

The exploration of Armenian art began in the 19th century thanks to French, Russian, German, Finnish, Austrian and Armenian art historians, and continued in the 20th century mainly with Russian, Armenian, Ukrainian, American and Italian scholars. Thanks to them, the general public, not just researchers, had the chance to discover the artistic heritage of a territory extending beyond the borders of present-day Armenia, and encompassing an area defined as Subcaucasia, a term by which is meant the territory that runs from the Southern Caucasus into the Iranian and Anatolian highlands. Interest in Armenian art, from illuminated manuscripts to khachkars and architecture, has grown in the last twenty years, giving these testimonies a global dimension. The volume illustrates the characteristics, themes and methods of the various research paths emerging from the different historiographical traditions, thus tracing a map that helps to orient oneself among the artistic and cultural phenomena of this complex territory, providing different keys to understanding them and useful reasoning for future scientific investigations.

Keywords Repatriation movement • Aleksej Nekrasov • Medieval architecture • Milan Polytechnic University • Icons • Cultural Ecology • Armenian-Georgian cultural ties • Preservation • Armenian architecture • Armenian-Islamic ‘syncretism’ • Research • Adriano Alpago Novello • Armenian prehistory • CSDCA - Centro Studi e Documentazione Cultura Arme • Seljuk and Ilkhanid architecture • Megalithic art • Study trips • Destruction • Armenian art • Romania • Yovnatʽanean family • Khachkar • Monumentality • South Caucasus archaeology • Varazdat Harutyunyan • Bronze Age archaeology • Architecture • Caucasus • Medieval art • Nakhchivan • Armenian-Georgian architectural relationship • Anatolia • Dragon-stones • Iran • Early Modern Armenian Studies • History of art • Illustrated manuscripts • Medieval Armenian art and Soviet Union • Textiles • Replica • Historiography • Historiograhy • Alexey Lidov • Wall paintings • Heritage • Silverwork • Mikhail Babentchikov • Photography • CSDCA Centro Studi e Documentazione sulla Cultura • Julfa • Nikolay Brunov • Armenia • Cross-stones • Middle Ages • Armenian history • Etchmiadzin cathedral

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-469-1 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-469-1 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-495-0 | Published Dec. 21, 2020 | Language it, en

Copyright © 2020 Aldo Ferrari, Stefano Riccioni, Marco Ruffilli, Beatrice Spampinato. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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