Michele Bacci, Thomas Kaffenberger, Manuela Studer-Karlen (ed.), Cultural Interactions in Medieval Georgia (Scrinium Friburgense Band 41), Reichert Verlag Wiesbaden 2018 (original) (raw)
The Georgian Kingdom and Georgian Art – Cultural Encounters in Anatolia in Medieval Period, Symposium Proceedings, 15 May 2014, Ankara, 2021
This book, comprising the proceedings of the 2014 Symposium “The Georgian Kingdom and Georgian Art” of symposium series on “Cultural Encounters in Anatolia during the Middle Ages” organized at Koç University's Vehbi Koç Ankara Studies Research Center, fills an important research gap in the historical principality of Tao-Klarjeti. Tao-Klarjeti is a term coined in the 19th century by the academic language of the 19th century to define medieval Georgian heritage and movable and immovable objects, relating to the historic Georgian provinces of T'ao, K'larjeti, Shavsheti, Erusheti, K'ola, Oltisi, and Sp'eri. Nowadays the majority of the archaeological sites and architectural remains of Tao-Klarjeti are located in the northeastern regions of the Republic of Turkey, in Erzurum, Artvin, and Ardahan. Most of the movable pieces — sculptures, manuscripts, icons, and other liturgical objects — are preserved in museums and repositories in Georgia. This volume consists of two sections. The first is dedicated to the publication of the conference papers and essays by the leading and young scholars in the field. The second section covers three different aspects of Tao-Klarjeti Heritage: 1) annexes of thirty-one most important sites with the emphasis on history and art and architecture, 2) sculptures and 3) a catalog of seventy-two manuscripts that were related to Tao-Klarjeti. Book provides a substantial bibliographical survey, and is richly illustrated with the map, drawings, and photos, in total 535 images. This work offers invaluable help for all those working on the medieval art and architecture of Georgia and its cultural encounters in Anatolia. Table of Contents Transliteration Table Monuments in Historic Tao-Klarjeti, Table Foreword by Filiz Yenisehirlioglu Introduction by Irene Giviashvili Part 1 Fahriye Bayram, Tao-Klarjeti: A Brief History and Surveys K. Kutgün Eyüpgiller, Tuğba Barlık Vardı, Serda Torus, Two Outstanding Medieval Buildings in North-East Anatolia: Ishkhani and Oshk’i Churches Nino Simonishvili, A Visual Concept of Royal Legitimacy: The Sculpted Program of St. John the Baptist Church of Oshk’i David Khoshtaria, Builders of the Churches of Tao-Klarjeti: Some Preliminary Notes Osman Aytekin, Archaeological Discoveries at Shavsheti Castle from the Bagrat’ionis Rule to the Ottoman Period Selda Uygun Yazıcı, Facade Articulation and Architectural Ornamentations of the Yeni Rabat Monastery Church Part 2 Irene Giviashvili & Natia Khizanishvili, Medieval Georgian Monuments of Tao-Klarjeti Turgay Yazar, Stone Ornaments in Tao-Klarjeti Architecture Nikoloz Zhghenti, Tao-Klarjeti: Heritage of Manuscripts Index DISTRIBUTED FOR Koc University Press by University of Chicago University Press https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/publisher/pu3432596\_3432597.html