The Vachutian Patronage and the Sacralization of Landscape in 13th Century Armenia: K’asakhi Vank’er and Other Instances.

MORASCHI, Annalisa. The Vachutian Patronage and the Sacralization of Landscape in 13th Century Armenia: K’asakhi Vank’er and Other Instances. In Artistic Networks in the Caucasian Space: New Researches and Perspectives. 2022.

Basic information

• Original name: The Vachutian Patronage and the Sacralization of Landscape in 13th Century Armenia: K’asakhi Vank’er and Other Instances.
• Authors: MORASCHI, Annalisa.
• Edition: Artistic Networks in the Caucasian Space: New Researches and Perspectives, 2022.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Presentations at conferences
• Field of Study: 60401 Arts, Art history
• Country of publisher: Switzerland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Keywords in English: Caucasus; Armenia; Vachutian; 13th century; Architecture; Landscape
• Tags: International impact

Abstract

Presentation of the PhD project to the members of the project "Cultural Interactions in the Medieval Sub-Caucasian Region" as well as to the guests: Prof. Christina Maranci and Prof. David Khoshtaria. The project addresses the artistic production belonging to the complex political panorama of the early 13th century in Armenia and the Southern Caucasus. After the Seljuk domination, Armenia experienced a unique cultural and artistic resurgence under the rule of the Georgian monarchy. Princely families, both newly funded and antique Armenian royalty, were given territories, where they constructed landscapes with their foundations. The project aims to study the Vachutian family’s patronage indicatively from the very beginning of the 13th century to the first half of the 14th century, when the last mentions of the family became rarer until, eventually, disappeared. The research intends to create a comprehensive study of the palimpsest of buildings established by the Vachutian family along with its relations to the landscape and its perception. The main issue of this research is, thus, to investigate these factors as a unique phenomenon.

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