Ina Baghdiantz McCabe

Sheila R. Canby

Helen C. Evans

Christina Maranci

Yolande Crowe

Constance Alchermes

Anna Ballian

Kathrin Colburn

Michael Daniel Findikyan

Rachel Goshgarian

Grigor Grigoryan

Zsuzsanna Gulácsi

Asoghik Karapetian

Anna Leyloyan-Yekmalyan

Sylvie L. Merian

Erin Piñon

Earnestine M. Qiu

Ioanna Rapti

Joanna Rydzkowska-Kozak

Suzan Yalman

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&mdash;from sumptuous illuminated manuscripts to handsome carvings, liturgical furnishings, gilded reliquaries, exquisite textiles, and printed books&mdash;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}

Art, Religion, and Trade in the Middle Ages

Armenia

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Serves as both visual and textual record of the exhibition of the same name, surveying the art of the Middle Byzantine period from the restoration of the use of icons by the Orthodox Church in 843 to the occupation of Constantinople by the Crusader forces from the West from 1204 to 1261. Conceived as a sequel to the 1976 exhibition "Age of Spirituality," which focused on the first centuries of Byzantium. Preceding the catalogue, 17 essays treat the historical context, religious sphere, and secular courtly realm of the empire, and the interactions between Byzantium and other medieval cultures. Abundantly illustrated. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Helen C. Evans

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