Eurasian Studies

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

Armenian Art. Critical History and New Perspectives

Studies in Armenian and Eastern Christian Art 2020

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

Thema codes AGA • NHG • 1DTG • 1DTV • 3KL

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

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