Art from the Borders? Locating Early Christian Ivory Pyxides

CAMPINI, Ruben. Art from the Borders? Locating Early Christian Ivory Pyxides. In Re-constructing Late Antique Armenia (2nd–8th centuries CE): Historiography, Material Culture, and Immaterial Heritage. 2022.

Basic information

Original name

Art from the Borders? Locating Early Christian Ivory Pyxides

Authors

CAMPINI, Ruben (380 Italy, guarantor, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Re-constructing Late Antique Armenia (2nd–8th centuries CE): Historiography, Material Culture, and Immaterial Heritage, 2022

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Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Prezentace na konferencích

Field of Study

60401 Arts, Art history

Country of publisher

Czech Republic

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Conference programme

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14210/22:00119710

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords in English

Historiography - Pyxides - Ivory - Caucasus - Late-Antiquity

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International impact

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Abstract

V originále

The paper address the issues related to the problematic localization of a group of early-Christian ivory pyxides in the Caucasus proposed by Wolfgang Fritz Volbach in the second edition of his ivory catalog (1952). The main aim of the contribution is to deconstruct the hypothesis of the German scholar through its historical contextualization and the recurse of the most recent contributions on the topic. Secondly, the paper aims – through the study of portable objects such as ivory pyxides – to demonstrate that Armenia and the Caucasus, far from being marginalized, were actively part of the Late Antique Mediterranean dialogues.

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Links

GF21-01706L, research and development project

Name: Kulturní dialogy v Jihokavkazském regionu ve středověku: historiografická a historicko-umělecká perspektiva (Acronym: CIMS) Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Partner Agency (Switzerland)