Edmond Y Azadian, Sylvie L Merian, Lucy Ardash

A Legacy of Armenian Treasures

Testimony to a People-The Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Essays by nine scholars of Armenian art and artifacts shed light not only on the artistic significance of these objects but on their cultural context as well.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 308mm x 306mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 2840g
• ISBN-13: 9780578113777
• ISBN-10: 0578113775
• Artikelnr.: 37501188

Autorenporträt

Edmond Y. Azadian is Advisor to the Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum and Advisor from the Diaspora to the Ministry of Culture of Armenia. His books include Portraits and Profiles and History on the Move. Sylvie L. Merian is a librarian at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York and author of many articles on Armenian arts and artifacts. She holds a Ph.D. in Armenian Studies with a specialization in Armenian manuscripts and codicology. Lucy Ardash is Director of the Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Thomas F. Mathews
Introduction Edmond Y. Azadian
Chapter 1. Illuminated Manuscripts and Printed Books Sylvie L. Merian
Chapter 2. Ceramics Amy S. Landau
Chapter 3. Inscribed Rugs Vahram Taitikian with S. Peter Cowe
Chapter 4. Ancient and Medieval Coins Levon Saryan
Chapter 5. Paintings and Sculpture Garabed Belian
Chapter 6. Ancient Objects Alina Ayvazian and Felix I. Ter-Martirosov
Chapter 7. Garments, Lace, and Embroidery Sylvie L. Merian
Chapter 8. Sacred and Religious Objects Amy S. Landau, Theo Maarten van
Lint, and Sylvie L. Merian
Chapter 9. Practical and Personal Metal Objects Sylvie L. Merian
Maps
Timeline of Armenian History
Glossary of Armenian Terms
Notes
Bibliography
Appendix I: Key to Use of Armenian Letters to Represent Numerals
Appendix II: Indo-European Languages Diagram
Acknowledgments
About the Contributors