Overview
The Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum in Michigan holds the largest and most representative gathering of Armenian art and artifacts outside Armenia, including illuminated manuscripts, early printed books, rugs and carpets, sacred vessels and vestments, textiles and embroidery, ceramics, metalwork, paintings, coins, and objects from the ancient kingdom of Urartu. A Legacy of Armenian Treasures features more than 160 of the museum's most vital and beautiful pieces, each reproduced in full color and accompanied by a detailed entry. 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.
Full Product Details
Author: Edmond Y. Azadian ,
Sylvie L. Merian ,
Lucy Ardash
Publisher: Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum
Imprint: Alex and Marie Manoogian Museum
Dimensions:
Width: 29.80cm
, Height: 3.30cm
, Length: 29.80cm
Weight: 2.858kg
ISBN: 9780578113777
ISBN 10: 0578113775
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 15 May 2013
Audience:
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Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This beautiful work provides an excellent introduction to the art practices of the Armenian people. Artists, historians, and those interested in the culture of the Caucasus will enjoy reading this coffee-table book. -LIBRARY JOURNAL For centuries Armenia did not exist as an independent state, yet its clerics, poets, artists, and musicians maintained and cultivated a cultural heritage of extraordinary beauty. A people can survive, even thrive, under alien imperial powers, if its sense of identity is continued. Here we see how manuscript illuminators, church builders, and writers carried on the idea of Armenian civilization through a millennium. This exquisite volume brings to us a vivid portrait of a people whom no empire was able to extinguish. The Manoogian Museum and this beautiful book reveal a glorious, gorgeous past of a determined people. -Ronald Grigor Suny, University of Michigan This richly illustrated book... makes a significant contribution to an understanding of Armenian culture and history... Highly recommended. -Choice
<p> For centuries Armenia did not exist as an independent state, yet its clerics, poets, artists, and musicians maintained and cultivated a cultural heritage of extraordinary beauty. A people can survive, even thrive, under alien imperial powers, if its sense of identity is continued. Here we see how manuscript painters, church builders, and writers carried on the idea of Armenian civilization through a thousand years. This exquisite volume brings to us a vivid portrait of a people whom no empire was able to extinguish. The Manoogian Museum and this beautiful book reveal a glorious, gorgeous past of a determined people. --Ronald Grigor Suny, University of Michigan--Ronald Grigor Suny, University of Michigan
<p> For centuries Armenia did not exist as an independent state, yet its clerics, poets, artists, and musicians maintained and cultivated a cultural heritage of extraordinary beauty. A people can survive, even thrive, under alien imperial powers, if its sense of identity is continued. Here we see how manuscript illuminators, church builders, and writers carried on the idea of Armenian civilization through a millennium. This exquisite volume brings to us a vivid portrait of a people whom no empire was able to extinguish. The Manoogian Museum and this beautiful book reveal a glorious, gorgeous past of a determined people. --Ronald Grigor Suny, University of Michigan--Ronald Grigor Suny, University of Michigan
Author Information
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.
