Noravank Monastery Complex and
Canyon.
Arstakh Architecture art created in Armenia’s
historical province of
Artsakh, the largest part of which is known
today
as
Nagorno-Karabakh, constitutes one of the
important chapters in the history of Armenian
art. It has
progressed through the same major stages as did
Armenian art in a larger sense:
from
pre-Christian times to the adoption of Christianity early in
the fourth century, through the Middle
Ages, and from there—to the
era of modernity. As in many other
Christian cultures, the principal
expression of
Artsakh’s art in the
Middle Ages was through ecclesiastical
architecture: churches,
cathedrals, chapels and monasteries. Most
other forms of art in that period, including
illuminated
manuscripts,
khachkars (unique-to-Armenia stone slabs with
engraved crosses) and mural
paintings were likewise tied to
Artsakh’s religious life and its primary institution the
Armenian Apostolic Church.
See also
Armenian ArchitectureKhachkars References
Robert H. Hewsen. Armenia: a Historical Atlas, Chicago, IL:
University of Chicago Press, 2001Boris Baratov. Paradise Laid
Waste: A Journey to Karabakh, Lingvist Publishers, Moscow,
1998Murad Hasratian. Early Modern Christian Architecture of
Armenia. Moscow, Incombook, 2000Hravard Hakopian. The Miniatures
of Artsakh and Utik: Thirteenth-Fourteenth Centuries, Yerevan,
1989Documenti di Architettura Armena (in Italian) - Documents of
Armenian Art (in English).Polytechnique and the Armenian Academy
of Sciences, Milan, 1968-1989: 1. Hakhbat (1968), 2.Jean-Michel
Thierry and Patrick Donabedian. Les arts arméniens, Paris,
1987Jean-Michel Thierry. Eglises et Couvents du Karabagh,
Antelais: Lebanon, 1991Anatoli L. Yakobson. Armenian Khachkars,
Moscow, 1986Lucy Der Manuelian and Murray Eiland. Weavers,
Merchants and Kings: The Inscribed Rugs ofArmenia, Kimbell Art
Museum, Fort Worth, 1984Paul Bedoukian. Coinage of the Artaxiads
of Armenia, London, 1978Robert Edwards. The Fortifications of
Armenian Cilicia, Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, 1987Bagrat
Ulubabian. Gandzasar, Yerevan, 1981
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