Series | Eurasian Studies
Volume 20 | Edited book | L’arte armena e oltre. Nuovi contributi
Abstract
The volume introduces the papers presented at the Ninth Seminar on Armenian and Christian Eastern Art of the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. These studies provide a broad overview of the art of the South Caucasus and beyond; from Christian Art (the furnishings of the Basilica of the Nativity; the so-called crosses of St. Thomas; the illustrations of the apocryphal Gospels in Armenian manuscripts of the Vaspurakan School) to the transmigration of iconographic and symbolic themes between Persia and Armenia, to the travel narrative (Itinerarium) of Friar William Rubruk, to the Iron Age archaeological site of Taštepe (Iran), and concluding with the different architectural phases of the House of Creativity on Lake Sevan during the Soviet period. The volume restores the richness of themes and possible research perspectives in Eastern Christian Art, highlighting the important role of inscriptions as a possible leading thread.
Keywords Nakhichivan • Persia • Caucasus • Urartu • Tabula Quilonensis • Phoenix • Armenian community in Palestine • Mešta • Silk Road • Mylapore • Décors • Minua • Vernacular Architecture • Nativity Church • Peacock • Vaspurakan • Vchutemas • Caucasian Albania • Saint Thomas • Ani • Christian communities • Urartian Inscription • Ararat • Mannea • Armenian miniature • Iconography • Hasanlu • Medieval travel literature • Persian Crosses • Middle Ages • Sasanians • Apocryphal Gospels • Bethlehem • Manuscripts • Taštepe-2 • Taštepe-1 • Armenia • Franciscan missions in the East • William of Rubruck • Status quo • Iberia • Sevan • Soviet Amnesia • Armenian cultural heritage • South Asia • Kingdom of Cilicia • Kerala
Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-694-7 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-694-7 | Published July 28, 2023 | Language en, it
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