Archive for 14.03.2015
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The Silver Cover of the Gospel of Sea
The Cover of the Gospel of Sea is a splendid work of art. The Gospel was illustrated by Sarkis Pitsak in 1332. Its cover was prepared after illustrasions, in 1334, by the order of priest Gregory, in Sis. The cover of the Gospel of Sea is made of silver, gilded. The scene of crucifixion is …
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Sintron in Aqori’s Bgavor Church
Aqori’s Bgavor Church, which is ruined now, is situated in the same name village of Tumanyan’s district. There isn’t any lapidary inscription on the church. We have not historical information and evidence about the church, too. Bgavor’s church is closely connected with the monuments of Kobayr, Akhtala, which are located in the same region and …
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From Well-Known Artists to Simple Armenian Villagers.The Portraits of Lavinia Bazhbeuk-Melikyan
Armenian paintress Lavinia Bazhbeuk-Melikyan (1922-2005), daughter of the famous talented representative of ”Tbilisi School”, artist Alexander Bazhbeuk-Melikyan, got her professional education in College of Fine-Arts after Panos Terlemezyan and in the Institute after V. Surikov in Moscow. During her sixty-year creative life Lavinia painted landscapes, Still life, but the most interesting among Lavinia’s works …
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Armenian Landscape Painter Khachatur Yesayan and Impressionism
Khachatur Yesayan (1909-1977) is one of the famous representatives of the twentieth century Armenian pictorial art, who has his own peculiar painting style. This artist, born in Kars, enriched the genre of landscape with his new painting achievements. He got his professional education in Yerevan College of Fine Arts and Industry. Yesayan was inspired by …
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The Symbolism of The Christian Church
Translated from Armenian. The Middle Ages – the period when the world was perceived in symbolic conceptions, and in art was dominated the symbolic idea … According to the Christian conceptions, the church is the likeness of the universe on earth. The temple is considered to be the symbolic reflection of the universe. In …
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