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 movementAleksej NekrasovMedieval architectureMilan Polytechnic UniversityIconsCultural EcologyArmenian-Georgian cultural tiesPreservationArmenian architectureArmenian-Islamic ‘syncretism’ResearchAdriano Alpago NovelloArmenian prehistoryCSDCA - Centro Studi e Documentazione Cultura ArmeSeljuk and Ilkhanid architectureMegalithic artStudy tripsDestructionArmenian artRomaniaYovnatʽanean familyKhachkarMonumentalitySouth Caucasus archaeologyVarazdat HarutyunyanBronze Age archaeologyArchitectureCaucasusMedieval artNakhchivanArmenian-Georgian architectural relationshipAnatoliaDragon-stonesIranEarly Modern Armenian StudiesHistory of artIllustrated manuscriptsMedieval Armenian art and Soviet UnionTextilesReplicaHistoriographyHistoriograhyAlexey LidovWall paintingsHeritageSilverworkMikhail BabentchikovPhotographyCSDCA Centro Studi e Documentazione sulla Cultura JulfaNikolay BrunovArmeniaCross-stonesMiddle AgesArmenian historyEtchmiadzin 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

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