IMC 2023: Sessions
Session 1315: The Entangled Caucasus, IV: Entangled Architecture - Georgian and Armenian Religious Building
Wednesday 5 July 2023, 16.30-18.00
| Sponsor: | Medieval Caucasus Network |
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| Organisers: | James Baillie, Independent Scholar, Birmingham Nicholas Evans, Clare College, University of Cambridge |
| Moderator/Chair: | Bella Radenovic, Courtauld Institute of Art University of London |
| Paper 1315-a | Liturgy and Image: About the Painted Programmes in the Churches of Svaneti in the 11th-13th Centuries (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - Religious, Art History - Painting, Liturgy, Monasticism |
| Paper 1315-b | Funerary Architecture between Materiality and Sensoriality (Language: English) Index terms: Architecture - General, Art History - Decorative Arts, Computing in Medieval Studies, Islamic and Arabic Studies |
| Abstract | Cross-cultural interactions and entanglements manifest themselves in compelling ways in material culture. This panel explores architectural decoration, stone crosses and painting schemes of Armenia and Georgia, from the early 10th century to the 13th century. Studer-Karlen's paper provides an overview of iconographic schemes of churches of Svaneti in the north-west of Georgia, making connections with Tao-Klarjeti on the southern fringes of the kingdom. Harutyunyan considers stone carving associated with three Armenian monasteries, Tatev, Yeghipatrush, and Astvatsynkal, situating their programmes and ornamental decoration in the context of cross-cultural exchange in the South Caucasus and beyond. |