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Art and Religion in Medieval Armenia

Art and Religion in Medieval Armenia

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Exhibition Catalog

Ed. by Helen C. Evans. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2021.

136 pp. Well illustrated (chiefly col.). 26 x 22 cm. In English. Paperbound.

ISBN 9781588397379

The papers in this volume, first presented at an international symposium celebrating The Met’s blockbuster 2018 exhibition, Armenia! (see Worldwide number W000177), explore the art and culture of a civilization that served as a pivotal crossroads on the border between East and West. Contributors address Armenia’s roles in facilitating exchange with the Mongol, Ottoman, and Persian empires to the East and with Byzantium and European Crusader states to the West. Essays also explore the ways in which elements of these cultures commingled in Armenian art and religion—Armenian artists and craftspeople produced an astonishing range of religious objects that drew upon influences from both Europe and Asia but ultimately created a uniquely Armenian visual identity. The authors explore the effects of this dualistic tension in the history of Armenian art and how it persists into the present, as this land situated at a crossroads of civilization continues to grapple with the legacy of genocide and counters new threats to its sovereignty, integrity, and cultural language.

Subject Headings: Eastern and Western European Art ; Western Art -- 300 A.D.-1400 -- Several Fine Arts Media (Western) --

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