"Between Islam and Byzantium" provides the first complete analysis of the development of the visual expression of medieval Armenian rulership during the years 884-1045 CE. During this period, the Armenian rulers had loosened the ties that subjected them to the Arab caliphate, but by its end the Byzantine empire had instead become dominant in the region. The influences exerted by these external, opposing powers are a major theme in this book. Lynn Jones re-contextualizes the existing royal art and architecture by integrating analyses of contemporary accounts of ceremonial and royal deeds with fresh examinations of the surviving monuments, of which the church at Aght'amar, with its famous carvings, is the prime example.Setting the art and architecture of the period more clearly in its original context, the author reveals the messages these buildings, sculptures and manuscripts were intended to convey by those who created and viewed them. This study provides a new perspective on the complex interactions between a broad range of nationalities, ethnicities and religions, shedding fresh light on the nature of medieval identity. It adds to a growing literature on the eastern neighbours of Byzantium, and opens up new issues on the relationship between the Byzantine empire and the Islamic caliphate in the medieval period.
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Lynn Jones is Assistant Professor in the Department of Art History at Florida State University, USA.
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The pages that follow focus on the visual expression of rulership in Armenia during the years 884/85-1045 CE, a time commonly, if inaccurately, referred to as the Bagratuni period. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pious rulership, figural register, anonymous continuator, presiding prince, drum cycle, pious reputation, palatine church, decorative programmes, ceremonial recognition, royal imagery, east façade, royal view Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Gagik Artsruni, Church of the Holy Cross, Der Nersessian, Thomas Artsruni, True Cross, John Catholicos, Matthew of Edessa, Armenian Church, Baptism of Christ, Stephen of Tarón, P'awstos Buzand, Ashot Artsruni, Mount Varag, Holy Sepulchre, Osk Vank, Church of the Holy Sion, John the Baptist, Second Coming, Gregory the Illuminator, Gurgén Apupelch, San Marco, Van Esbroeck, Eastern Orthodoxy, Smbat Bagratuni, Vard the Patrician Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Front Flap | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
The pages that follow focus on the visual expression of rulership in Armenia during the years 884/85-1045 CE, a time commonly, if inaccurately, referred to as the Bagratuni period. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Gagik Artsruni, Church of the Holy Cross, Der Nersessian, Thomas Artsruni, True Cross, John Catholicos, Matthew of Edessa, Armenian Church, Baptism of Christ, Stephen of Tarón, P'awstos Buzand, Ashot Artsruni, Mount Varag, Holy Sepulchre, Osk Vank, Church of the Holy Sion, John the Baptist, Second Coming, Gregory the Illuminator, Gurgén Apupelch, San Marco, Van Esbroeck, Eastern Orthodoxy, Smbat Bagratuni, Vard the Patrician Browse Sample Pages:
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