MORASCHI, Annalisa. A Mutual Presentation : Precocious Interests for Medieval Armenia in Nineteenth-century Italy. In Palladino, Adrien; Campini, Ruben; Moraschi, Annalisa; Foletti, Ivan. Re-Thinking Late Antique Armenia : Historiography, Material Culture and Heritage. Turnhout: Brepols, 2023, p. 116-133. Convivium Supplementum, 11. ISBN 978-80-280-0306-7. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1484/M.CONVISUP-EB.5.135379.
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Original name A Mutual Presentation : Precocious Interests for Medieval Armenia in Nineteenth-century Italy
Authors MORASCHI, Annalisa (380 Italy, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Turnhout, Re-Thinking Late Antique Armenia : Historiography, Material Culture and Heritage, p. 116-133, 18 pp. Convivium Supplementum, 11, 2023.
Publisher Brepols
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Original language English
Type of outcome Chapter(s) of a specialized book
Field of Study 60401 Arts, Art history
Country of publisher Belgium
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form printed version "print"
WWW Publisher Website
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/23:00134145
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
ISBN 978-80-280-0306-7
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1484/M.CONVISUP-EB.5.135379
UT WoS 001004775500007
Keywords in English Armenia; exhibition; Ghevond Alishan; Italy; Luigi Montabone; photography; travel; Venice
Tags rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Alžběta Filipová, M.A., Ph.D., učo 203468. Changed: 12/3/2024 10:24.
Abstract
Two overlooked events involving the relation between Italy and Armenia in the second half of the nineteenth century offer special significance for the historical-artistic study of Armenia. The Mostra Veneto-Armena, an exhibition organized by the Mekhitarists of San Lazzaro and held in Venice in 1881, aimed to introduce Armenia to the world. Along with many objects, the organizers presented a section that included travel reports which documented Armenian monuments. One of these accounts had been produced decades before, during a mission promoted by Italy’s monarch, Umberto I, who dispatched a diplomatic mission to Persia to meet the Shah. To reach Tehran, a delegation comprising not only diplomats and soldiers but also a scientific group that included photographer Luigi Montabone, walked across Armenia. The photos are of great documentary interest, especially those of Ējmiatsin, the appearance of which before its late-nineteenth-century modifications was otherwise photographically unrecorded. Seen in parallel, both events highlight how the Italian administration’s political agenda on the one hand, and, on the other, the efforts of the Armenian community in Italy, resulted in an early interest in Armenia’s heritage.
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GF21-01706L, research and development projectName: Kulturní dialogy v Jihokavkazském regionu ve středověku: historiografická a historicko-umělecká perspektiva (Acronym: CIMS)
Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Partner Agency
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