For You Lot Data - 'Armenia!' At The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, Ny

The exhibition Armenia!, currently on demo at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, explores the arts as well as civilization of the Armenians from their conversion to Christianity inwards the early on quaternary century through their leading operate on international merchandise routes inwards the 17th century. The exhibition emphasizes how Armenians developed a distinctive national identity inwards their homeland at the base of operations of Mt. Ararat (widely accepted equally the resting identify of Noah’s Ark) as well as how they maintained as well as transformed their traditions equally their communities expanded across the globe.

More than 140 opulent golden reliquaries, richly illuminated manuscripts, rare textiles, liturgical furnishings made of precious materials, khachkars (cross stones), church building models, as well as printed books demonstrate Armenia’s distinctive imagery inwards their homeland as well as other major Armenian sites, from the Kingdom of Cilicia on the Mediterranean to New Julfa, inwards Safavid Persia. Select comparative plant display Armenian interaction amongst other cultures.

Altar frontal, 1741. New Julfa, Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, Armenia
[Credit: Hrair Hawk Khatcherian as well as Lilit Khachatryan]

Fragmentary capital, 5th–7th century. History Museum of Armenia, Erevan
[Credit: Hrair Hawk Khatcherian as well as Lilit Khachatryan]

Reliquary of the Holy Lance, 1687. Kanaker (?); replica of the Holy Lance, Mother See of Holy
Etchmiadzin, Armenia [Credit: Hrair Hawk Khatcherian as well as Lilit Khachatryan]

Major Armenian repositories of their civilization render most all the plant inwards the exhibition. Most are on persuasion inwards the U.S.A. for the starting fourth dimension time; many stimulate got non travelled for centuries.

Bas-relief of Amir Hasan hunting on horseback, early on 14th century. Church of the White Virgin
(Spitakavor Astuatsatsin), Monastery of Spitakavor, Siwnik'. History Museum of Armenia,
Yerevan [Credit: Hrair Hawk Khatcherian as well as Lilit Khachatryan]

Capital, fifth century, constitute nigh Yereruyk Cathedral [Credit: Hrair Hawk Khatcherian as well as Lilit Khachatryan]

Processional or Altar Cross, 11th–12th century, amongst subsequently additions, made inwards Aparan
[Credit: Hrair Hawk Khatcherian as well as Lilit Khachatryan]

Armenia! focuses on major Armenian centers of production from their homeland due west as well as east, amongst emphasis on images of Armenians, from self-portraits to depictions of manlike individual as well as woman individual rulers, donors, theologians, as well as historians. Special attending is given to plant past times major artists such equally T'oros Roslin, Sargis Pidzak, Toros Taronatsi, as well as Hakob of Julfa working inwards the Armenian homeland, the Kingdom of Cilicia, as well as New Julfa.

Gospel Book (fol. 19v), 1331. Monastery of Drazark, Cilicia. Illuminated past times Sargis Pidzak; scribe: T'oros.
Armenian Mekhitarist Congregation, Library of San Lazzaro, Abbey, Venice, Italy
[Credit: Hrair Hawk Khatcherian as well as Lilit Khachatryan]

Commentary on the Psalms (fol. 14v), 1449. Kaffa. "Matenadaran" Mesrop Mashtots';
Institute-Museum of Ancient Manuscripts, Yerevan, Armenia
[Credit: Hrair Hawk Khatcherian as well as Lilit Khachatryan]

Alexander Romance, 16th century. Rome as well as unknown location. Illuminated past times Zak'aria of Gnunik'
 and Hakob of Julfa; scribe: Zak'ariay of Gnunik'; "Matenadaran" Mesrop Mashtots'
Institute-Museum of Ancient Manuscripts, Yerevan, Armenia
[Credit: Hrair Hawk Khatcherian as well as Lilit Khachatryan]

More than one-half of the plant on display are on loan from The Republic of Armenia amongst the back upwardly of The Ministry of Culture. Imposing liturgical plant are coming from the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the primary site of the Armenian Church. In Yerevan, the “Matenadaran” Mesrop Masthots` Institute - Museum of Ancient Manuscripts is lending particular manuscripts, as well as the History Museum of Armenia is lending monumental church building sculptures. State of the Vatican City of Cilicia inwards Lebanon, the Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, as well as the Armenian Mekhitarist Congregation inwards Venice are the other major Armenian religious communities lending particular works. Armenian collections lending choose plant are the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum inwards Portugal as well as inwards America, the Diocese of the Armenian Church (Eastern) (New York); the Armenian Museum of America (Boston); as well as the Alex as well as Marie Manoogian Museum (Southfield, Michigan). Additional plant are coming from The Met as well as other American as well as European institutions.

Photographs of Armenian architecture as well as landscapes past times noted Armenian-Canadian lensman Hrair Hawk Khatcherian as well as his assistant Lilit Khachatryan volition render context for the plant inwards the exhibition, inwards the catalogue, as well as on the exhibition page of the website.

The exhibition runs until xiii January, 2019.

Source: Metropolitan Museum of Art [July 01, 2018]


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