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

Series | Eurasian Studies
Volume 20 | Edited book | L’arte armena e oltre. Nuovi contributi

L’arte armena e oltre. Nuovi contributi

Studies in Armenian and Eastern Christian Art 2022
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 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 Nativity ChurchSilk RoadMylaporeVchutemasSevanVernacular ArchitectureAraratSasaniansNakhichivanDécorsMiddle AgesMedieval travel literatureTabula QuilonensisPersiaPhoenixSaint ThomasMinuaTaštepe-2Soviet AmnesiaUrartuKeralaManneaFranciscan missions in the EastArmeniaPeacockStatus quoAniIconographyMeštaUrartian InscriptionPersian CrossesCaucasusCaucasian AlbaniaHasanluBethlehemIberiaWilliam of RubruckArmenian community in PalestineManuscriptsSouth AsiaApocryphal GospelsTaštepe-1Kingdom of CiliciaArmenian miniatureVaspurakanChristian communitiesArmenian cultural heritage

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-694-7 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-694-7 | Published July 28, 2023 | Language it, en