The Art of Armenia: An Introduction Tapa dura - 2018

Oxford Univ Pr, 2018. Hardcover. New. 272 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches.

Hardback. New. The Art of Armenia offers a sweeping survey of the arts of Armenia from antiquity to the eighteenth century C.E., addressing a range of media including architecture, sculpture, works in metal, wood, and ivory, manuscript illumination, and ceramic arts.

Oxford University Press, 2018. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 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,… Leer más

Oxford University Press, USA, 2018. New Book. Hardcover. 272 pp. 114 illus. and 4 maps, with 89 color halftones 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… Leer más

Oxford Univ Pr, 2018. Hardcover. New. 272 pages. 9.50x6.25x0.75 inches.

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