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"Though immediately recognizable in public discourse as a modern state in a political ""hot zone,"" Armenia has a material history and visual culture that reaches back to the Paleolithic era. This book presents a timely and much-needed survey of the arts of Armenia from antiquity to the early eighteenth century C.E. Divided chronologically, it brings into discussion a wide range of media, including architecture, stone sculpture, works in metal, wood, and cloth, manuscript illumination, and ceramic arts. Critically, The Art of Armenia presents this material within historical and archaeological contexts, incorporating the results of specialist literature in various languages. It also positions Armenian art within a range of broader comparative contexts including, but not limited to, the ancient Mediterranean and Near East, Byzantium, the Islamic world, Yuan-dynasty China, and seventeenth-century Europe. The Art of Armenia offers students, scholars, and heritage readers of the Armenian community something long desired but never before available: a complete and authoritative introduction to three thousand years of Armenian art, archaeology, architecture, and design."

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This strickingly original volume will prove a unique source of inspiration for future researchers in the field and will stimulate further advances in an often difficult but highly rewarding area of scholarly endeavor, yet may also be enjoyed and cherished by a wider readership. -- Haig Utidjian, Charles University, Prague, Convivium Christina Maranci delivers an important and successful contribution to publications on Armenian art... A wide variety of information coupled with thoughtful analysis provides a complex yet accessible text... History, religious tradition, craftsmanship, and artistic materials and techniques all come together in this masterful introduction to the art of Armenia. This publication would benefit academic libraries and art libraries; it is an accessible and concise text to introduce students to Armenia and its art while having a high level of scholarship. -- Annalise Welte, ARLIS/NA Reviews Recommended. -- CHOICE

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Christina Maranci delivers an important and successful contribution to publications on Armenian art... A wide variety of information coupled with thoughtful analysis provides a complex yet accessible text... History, religious tradition, craftsmanship, and artistic materials and techniques all come together in this masterful introduction to the art of Armenia. This publication would benefit academic libraries and art libraries; it is an accessible and concise text to introduce students to Armenia and its art while having a high level of scholarship. -- Annalise Welte, ARLIS/NA Reviews Recommended. -- CHOICE

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Christina Maranci is Arthur H. Dadian and Ara T. Oztemel Professor of Armenian Art at Tufts University, and a specialist on the medieval era. She has published and lectured widely, having authored three previous monographs and over seventy essays, articles, and reviews. Her work combines scholarship on the history of Armenian art and architecture with advocacy for at-risk Armenian heritage, particularly medieval monuments in the Republic of Turkey.

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