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Item Number: 115878
Title: Armenia : Imprints of a Civilization
Author: Uluhogian, Gabriella ; Boghos Levon Zekiyan ; Vartan Karapetian
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9788857212449
Description: Milano: Skira, 2012. 29cm., hardcover, 406pp. illus., most in color. English-Armenian text. Exhibition held at Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venezia. Summary: This catalogue and the Venetian exhibitions associated with it celebrate the first book to be printed in Armenian characters in Venice in 1512. The event in Venice constitutes the official launch of the jubilee celebrations to be held in Armenia itself, with a packed cultural programme offered by the capital, Yerevan, declared the world capital for books by UNESCO for 2012. This fully illustrated volume presents the high achievements of the Armenian culture in the spiritual, artistic, architectural, economic sectors, as well as in the world of thinking, in a chronological and thematic way. The ancient stelae with engraved cross, the vividly coloured miniatures, the religious architecture and precious reliquaries preserved for centuries in the See of the Apostolic Church at Echmiadzin reveal the great skills of Armenian artists through the ages. Attention is also turned to the long and fruitful relationships of the Armenians with various populations and cultures from Europe to the Far East. In particular, through historic documents, manuscripts and works of art, it is shown how the Armenian presence in Venice developed and how the Armenians were seen by the Venetians in the political, economic, literary and artistic context of the Serenissima.
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