East West Artistic Transfer Through Rome Armenia And The Silk Road

Author : Christiane Esche-Ramshorn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000434637

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East-West Artistic Transfer through Rome, Armenia and the Silk Road by Christiane Esche-Ramshorn Pdf

This book examines the arts and artistic exchanges at the ‘Christian Oriental’ fringes of Europe, especially Armenia. It starts with the architecture, history and inhabitants of the lesser known pilgrim compounds at the Vatican in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, of Hungary, Germany, but namely those of the most ancient of Churches, the Churches of the Christian Orient Ethiopia and Armenia. Without taking an Eurocentric view, this book explores the role of missionaries, merchants, artists (for example Momik, Giotto, Minas, Domenico Veneziano, Duerer), and artefacts (such as fabrics, inscriptions and symbols) travelling into both directions along the western stretch of the Silk Road between Ayas (Cilicia), ancient Armenia and North-western Iran. This area was truly global before globalization, was a site of intense cultural exchanges and East-West cultural transmissions. This book opens a new research window into the culturally mixed landscapes in the Christian Orient, the Middle East and North-eastern Africa by taking into consideration their many indigenous and foreign artistic components and embeds Armenian arts into today’s wider art historical discourse. This book will be of interest to scholars in art history, architectural history, missions, trade, Middle Eastern arts and the arts of the Southern Caucasus.

Author : Christiane Esche-Ramshorn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08
Category : Art
ISBN : 1003204619

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East-West Artistic Transfer Through Rome, Armenia and the Silk Road by Christiane Esche-Ramshorn Pdf

"This book examines the arts and artistic exchanges at the 'Christian Oriental' fringes of Europe, especially Armenia. It starts with the architecture, history and inhabitants of the lesser known pilgrim compounds at the Vatican in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, of Hungary, Germany, but namely those of the most ancient of Churches, the Churches of the Christian Orient Ethiopia and Armenia. Without taking an Eurocentric view, this book explores the role of missionaries, merchants, artists (for example Momik, Giotto, Minas, Domenico Veneziano, Duerer), and artefacts (such as fabrics, inscriptions and symbols) travelling into both directions along the western stretch of the Silk Road between Ayas (Cilicia), ancient Armenia and North-western Iran. This area was truly global before globalization, was a site of intense cultural exchanges and East-West cultural transmissions. This book opens a new research window into the culturally mixed landscapes in the Christian Orient, the Middle East and North-eastern Africa by taking into consideration their many indigenous and foreign artistic components and embeds Armenian arts into today's wider art historical discourse. This book will be of interest to scholars in art history, architectural history, missions, trade, Middle Eastern arts and the arts of the Southern Caucasus"--

Author : Marie-Claire Beaulieu,Valérie Toillon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000457971

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Greek and Roman Painting and the Digital Humanities by Marie-Claire Beaulieu,Valérie Toillon Pdf

This volume is a groundbreaking discussion of the role of digital media in research on ancient painting, and a deep reflection on the effectiveness of digital media in opening the field to new audiences. The study of classical art always oscillates between archaeology and classics, between the study of ancient texts and archaeological material. For this reason, it is often difficult to collect all the data, to have access to both types of information on an equal basis. The increasing development of digital collections and databases dedicated to both archaeological material and ancient texts is a direct response to this problem. The book’s central theme is the role of the digital humanities, especially digital collection,s such as the Digital Milliet, in the study of ancient Greek and Roman painting. Part 1 focuses on the transition between the original print version of the Recueil Milliet and its digital incarnation. Part 2 addresses the application of digital tools to the analysis of ancient art. Part 3 focuses on ancient wall painting. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, classics, archaeology, and digital humanities.

Author : Kyunghee Pyun,Jung-Ah Woo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000453553

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Interpreting Modernism in Korean Art by Kyunghee Pyun,Jung-Ah Woo Pdf

This book examines the development of national emblems, photographic portraiture, oil painting, world expositions, modern spaces for art exhibitions, university programs of visual arts, and other agencies of modern art in Korea. With few books on modern art in Korea available in English, this book is an authoritative volume on the topic and provides a comparative perspective on Asian modernism including Japan, China, and India. In turn, these essays also shed a light on Asian reception of and response to the Orientalism and exoticism popular in Europe and North America in the early twentieth century. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, the history of Asia, Asian studies, colonialism, nationalism, and cultural identity.

Author : Jonathan P. Ribner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000461893

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Loss in French Romantic Art, Literature, and Politics by Jonathan P. Ribner Pdf

An interdisciplinary examination of nineteenth-century French art pertaining to religion, exile, and the nation’s demise as a world power, this study concerns the consequences for visual culture of a series of national crises—from the assault on Catholicism and the flight of émigrés during the Revolution of 1789, to the collapse of the Empire and the dashing of hope raised by the Revolution of 1830. The central claim is that imaginative response to these politically charged experiences of loss constitutes a major shaping force in French Romantic art, and that pursuit of this theme in light of parallel developments in literature and political debate reveals a pattern of disenchantment transmuted into cultural capital. Focusing on imagery that spoke to loss through visual and verbal idioms particular to France in the aftermath of the Revolution and Empire, the book illuminates canonical works by major figures such as Eugène Delacroix, Théodore Chassériau, and Camille Corot, as well as long-forgotten images freighted with significance for nineteenth-century viewers. A study in national bereavement—an urgent theme in the present moment—the book provides a new lens through which to view the coincidence of imagination and strife at the heart of French Romanticism. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, French literature, French history, French politics, and religious studies.

Author : Matthew C. Potter
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781351004176

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Representing the Past in the Art of the Long Nineteenth Century by Matthew C. Potter Pdf

This edited collection explores the intersection of historical studies and the artistic representation of the past in the long nineteenth century. The case studies provide not just an account of the pursuit of history in art within Western Europe but also examples from beyond that sphere. These cover canonical and conventional examples of history painting as well as more inclusive, ‘popular’ and vernacular visual cultural phenomena. General themes explored include the problematics internal to the theory and practice of academic history painting and historical genre painting, including compositional devices and the authenticity of artefacts depicted; relationships of power and purpose in historical art; the use of historical art for alternative Liberal and authoritarian ideals; the international cross-fertilisation of ideas about historical art; and exploration of the diverse influences of socioeconomic and geopolitical factors. This book will be of particular interest to scholars of the histories of nineteenth-century art and culture.

Author : Ayelet Zohar,Alison J. J. Miller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000477474

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The Visual Culture of Meiji Japan by Ayelet Zohar,Alison J. J. Miller Pdf

This volume examines the visual culture of Japan’s transition to modernity, from 1868 to the first decades of the twentieth century. Through this important moment in Japanese history, contributors reflect on Japan’s transcultural artistic imagination vis-a-vis the discernment, negotiation, assimilation, and assemblage of diverse aesthetic concepts and visual pursuits. The collected chapters show how new cultural notions were partially modified and integrated to become the artistic methods of modern Japan, based on the hybridization of major ideologies, visualities, technologies, productions, formulations, and modes of representation. The book presents case studies of creative transformation demonstrating how new concepts and methods were perceived and altered to match views and theories prevalent in Meiji Japan, and by what means different practitioners negotiated between their existing skills and the knowledge generated from incoming ideas to create innovative modes of practice and representation that reflected the specificity of modern Japanese artistic circumstances. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, Japanese studies, Asian studies, and Japanese history, as well as those who use approaches and methods related to globalization, cross-cultural studies, transcultural exchange, and interdisciplinary studies.

Author : Helen C. Evans
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Armenia
ISBN : OCLC:1361296108

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Armenia by Helen C. Evans Pdf

A fascinating exploration of art created by the varied Armenian kingdoms that connected the East and West during the Middle Ages0 As the first people to officially convert to Christianity, Armenians commissioned and produced astonishing religious objects. This sumptuous volume depicts and contextualizes the compelling works of art that defined the rich and complicated culture of medieval Armenians, including carvings, liturgical furnishings, beautifully illustrated manuscripts, gilded reliquaries, exquisite textiles, printed books, and more. Situated at the center of trade routes that connected the East and West during the Middle Ages, Armenia became a leading international trade partner for Seljuk, Mongol, Ottoman, and Persian overlords, while also serving as a powerful ally to Byzantium and European Crusader states. Written by a team of international scholars, with contributions from Armenian religious leaders, this book will stand as the definitive text on the art and culture of medieval Armenia. Exhibition: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA (22.09.2018 - 13.01.2019).

Author : Charles River Editors
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-03-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1544876815

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The Silk Road by Charles River Editors Pdf

*Includes pictures *Includes descriptions of the routes and the goods traded *Includes online resources, footnotes, and a bibliography for further reading "Sometimes a journey arises out of hope and instinct, the heady conviction, as your finger travels along the map: Yes, here and here... and here. These are the nerve-ends of the world..." - Colin Thubron The story of the Silk Road has been a popular topic among tourists, academics, economists, state parties, and daydreaming children for many centuries. In many ways the Silk Road can be seen everywhere, and it has existed for as long as people have traveled across Eurasia. Its impact is widely felt among the diverse peoples that live on the continent, through the unique regional art and architectural styles, as well as in countless films, books, academic studies, and organized tours devoted to the ancient trade routes. At the same time, however, the Silk Road is an entirely abstract invention, first coined by the 19th century German geographer Ferdinand von Richthofen. There has never existed a single route - let alone a road - that was used to transfer goods, nor was silk the primary commodity traded across Eurasia. Instead, the Silk Road is more a multi-layered narrative about the rise and fall of nomadic confederations and sedentary societies, the consolidation and dissolution of kingdoms and empires, the exchange of commodities and fine crafts, and the transfer and mixture of ideas, religions, technology, science, art, architecture, myths and legends. It is a story that is relevant for the present-day countries through which this exchange once took place, as they lay claim to the artifacts, heritage sites, and symbolic meaning of the Silk Road for political and economic purposes and to build their national identity. For these reasons, the Silk Road can be viewed not as a clearly demarcated thing with a linear history, but a set of attitudes and relationships with the past by particular people at a particular time for particular reasons. Certain parts of the Silk Road's past are better studied and known, according to modern society's current principles of value and knowledge, but there is so much that remains to be discovered, either buried in the sands of the area, in a dusty museum warehouse, or hidden in a long-forgotten archive. Regardless, no matter how much new information is discovered, the Silk Road still manages manage to conjure up romantic images of legendary figures, great networks of trade routes, and the human spirit of exploration into the unknown. The Silk Road: The History and Legacy of the Trade Routes that Connected Europe and Asia examines the crucial trade links between the East and West, and the important cultural effects it had over the centuries. Along with pictures of important people, places, and events, you will learn about the Silk Road like never before, in no time at all.

Author : Helen C. Evans,Constance Alchermes,Ina Baghdiantz McCabe,Anna Ballian,Sheila R. Canby,Kathrin Colburn,Yolande Crowe,Michael Daniel Findikyan,Rachel Goshgarian,Grigor Grigoryan,Zsuzsanna Gulácsi,Asoghik Karapetian,Anna Leyloyan-Yekmalyan,Christina Maranci,Sylvie L. Merian,Erin Piñon,Earnestine M. Qiu,Ioanna Rapti,Joanna Rydzkowska-Kozak,Suzan Yalman
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781588396600

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Armenia by Helen C. Evans,Constance Alchermes,Ina Baghdiantz McCabe,Anna Ballian,Sheila R. Canby,Kathrin Colburn,Yolande Crowe,Michael Daniel Findikyan,Rachel Goshgarian,Grigor Grigoryan,Zsuzsanna Gulácsi,Asoghik Karapetian,Anna Leyloyan-Yekmalyan,Christina Maranci,Sylvie L. Merian,Erin Piñon,Earnestine M. Qiu,Ioanna Rapti,Joanna Rydzkowska-Kozak,Suzan Yalman Pdf

At the foot of Mount Ararat on the crossroads of the eastern and western worlds, medieval Armenians dominated international trading routes that reached from Europe to China and India to Russia. As the first people to convert officially to Christianity, they commissioned and produced some of the most extraordinary religious objects of the Middle Ages. These objects—from sumptuous illuminated manuscripts to handsome carvings, liturgical furnishings, gilded reliquaries, exquisite textiles, and printed books—show the strong persistence of their own cultural identity, as well as the multicultural influences of Armenia’s interactions with Romans, Byzantines, Persians, Muslims, Mongols, Ottomans, and Europeans. This unprecedented volume, written by a team of international scholars and members of the Armenian religious community, contextualizes and celebrates the compelling works of art that define Armenian medieval culture. It features breathtaking photographs of archaeological sites and stunning churches and monasteries that help fill out this unique history. With groundbreaking essays and exquisite illustrations, Armenia illuminates the singular achievements of a great medieval civilization. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 14.0px Verdana}

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Asia, Central
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114673671

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Central Asia by Anonim Pdf

Author : Bradley Mayhew,Paul Clammer,Michael Kohn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Travel
ISBN : UCSD:31822034394114

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Central Asia by Bradley Mayhew,Paul Clammer,Michael Kohn Pdf

Wander through history in Uzbekistan's Silk Road towns, taste the nomad's life in a Kyrgyz yurtstay, be astonished by the bizarre personality cult of Turkmenistan's president, experience cutting-edge adventure on Tajikistan's soaring peaks and lose yourself in the desertscapes of Kazakhstan. Surreal, fascinating and addictive - discover the 'stans with this insightful and comprehensive guide.

Author : Christopher I. Beckwith
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1400829941

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Empires of the Silk Road by Christopher I. Beckwith Pdf

The first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, Empires of the Silk Road represents a fundamental rethinking of the origins, history, and significance of this major world region. Christopher Beckwith describes the rise and fall of the great Central Eurasian empires, including those of the Scythians, Attila the Hun, the Turks and Tibetans, and Genghis Khan and the Mongols. In addition, he explains why the heartland of Central Eurasia led the world economically, scientifically, and artistically for many centuries despite invasions by Persians, Greeks, Arabs, Chinese, and others. In retelling the story of the Old World from the perspective of Central Eurasia, Beckwith provides a new understanding of the internal and external dynamics of the Central Eurasian states and shows how their people repeatedly revolutionized Eurasian civilization. Beckwith recounts the Indo-Europeans' migration out of Central Eurasia, their mixture with local peoples, and the resulting development of the Graeco-Roman, Persian, Indian, and Chinese civilizations; he details the basis for the thriving economy of premodern Central Eurasia, the economy's disintegration following the region's partition by the Chinese and Russians in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the damaging of Central Eurasian culture by Modernism; and he discusses the significance for world history of the partial reemergence of Central Eurasian nations after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Empires of the Silk Road places Central Eurasia within a world historical framework and demonstrates why the region is central to understanding the history of civilization.

Author : Bayarsaikhan Dashdondog
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2010-12-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004186354

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The Mongols and the Armenians (1220-1335) by Bayarsaikhan Dashdondog Pdf

Covering more than one century, this book describes the complex issues of Mongol-Armenian political relations that involved many different ethnic groups in a vast geographical area stretching from China to the Mediterranean coast in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.

Author : Philippe Forêt,Andreas Kaplony
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2008-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9789047424970

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The Journey of Maps and Images on the Silk Road by Philippe Forêt,Andreas Kaplony Pdf

Drawing on evidence from the many civilizations that shared the Silk Road, this book examines specific cases of the mobility of maps and images through the centuries.