Armenian Art in Iran
open access
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edited by
- Aldo Ferrari - Ca' Foscari University of Venice - email orcid profile
- Stefano Riccioni - University of Pisa - email orcid profile
Abstract
This volume reassesses Armenian art in Iran through the interpretive frameworks of transculturality, connected histories, and cultural entanglement. Contributions by Patrick Donabédian, Levon Chookaszian, Maurizio Boriani, Andreh Marouti, Marco Brambilla, and Talinn Grigor explore architecture, monumental painting, funerary monuments, heritage conservation, and modern architecture, demonstrating that Armenian artistic production in Iran developed through continuous interaction with Persian, Caucasian, Mediterranean, and European traditions. Moving beyond national paradigms, the volume presents Armenian art as a dynamic process of cultural co-creation that reshaped identities over two millennia and offers a new perspective on artistic exchange across Eurasia.
Keywords Coronation of Virgin Mary and child • Connected Histories • <br> • Armenian Art • Armenian Churches • Yougenia Aftandilians • Arevakhach • Iranian influence on Armenian art and architecture • Last Judgement • Safavid churches • Urban and rural churches • Sassanian dome on square via squinches • Cross • Adam and Eve • Wall paintings • Ram • Transculturality • West Azerbaijan Tourism • Combined Tombstones • St Sargis and Martiros • Armenian architects • Khachkars of Old Julfa • Armenian churches • Salmast • Tree of Life • Blind colonnade‑arcade • Haftvan • North-Iranian tomb towers • International Cooperation • New Uses for Old Buildings • Reticulated pendentives and bands • Modern Armenian churches • Sassanian iconographic and ornamental themes • Tombstone Symbols • Vardan Hovhannisian • Slab Tombstones • Paul Apcar • Architectural Conservation • Armenian churches of New Julfa • Cultural Entanglement • Gabriel Guevrekian • Rectangular Block Tombstones • St George and Dragon • St George church • Iran • Preservation Challenges • Elements of Armenian church design
Thema codes AGA • AMX • NHTB1 • 1FBN • 1DTV
Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/979-12-5742-061-1 | e-ISBN 979-12-5742-061-1 | ISBN (PRINT) 979-12-5742-080-2 | Published July 16, 2026 | Language en
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