The Art of Armenia: An Introduction - Hardcover

Maranci, Christina

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0190269006 ISBN 13: 9780190269005

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Though immediately recognizable in public discourse as a modern state in a political "hot zone," Armenia has a material history and visual culture that reaches back to the Paleolithic era. This book presents a timely and much-needed survey of the arts of Armenia from antiquity to the early eighteenth century C.E. Divided chronologically, it brings into discussion a wide range of media, including architecture, stone sculpture, works in metal, wood, and cloth, manuscript illumination, and ceramic arts. Critically, The Art of Armenia presents this material within historical and archaeological contexts, incorporating the results of specialist literature in various languages. It also positions Armenian art within a range of broader comparative contexts including, but not limited to, the ancient Mediterranean and Near East, Byzantium, the Islamic world, Yuan-dynasty China, and seventeenth-century Europe. The Art of Armenia offers students, scholars, and heritage readers of the Armenian community something long desired but never before available: a complete and authoritative introduction to three thousand years of Armenian art, archaeology, architecture, and design.

About this title

About the Author

Christina Maranci is Arthur H. Dadian and Ara T. Oztemel Professor of Armenian Art, and a specialist on the medieval era. She has published and lectured widely, having authored three previous monographs and over seventy essays, articles, and reviews. Her work combines scholarship on the history of Armenian art and architecture with advocacy for at-risk Armenian heritage, particularly medieval monuments in the Republic of Turkey.

Review

"Christina Maranci delivers an important and successful contribution to publications on Armenian art... A wide variety of information coupled with thoughtful analysis provides a complex yet accessible text... History, religious tradition, craftsmanship, and artistic materials and techniques all come together in this masterful introduction to the art of Armenia. This publication would benefit academic libraries and art libraries; it is an accessible and concise text to introduce students to Armenia and its art while having a high level of scholarship." -- Annalise Welte, ARLIS/NA Reviews

"Recommended." -- CHOICE

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0190269006
• ISBN 13: 9780190269005
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 272