Искусство Армении. Черты историко-художественного развития

THE FINE ARTS IN ARMENIA In this volume Nonna Stepanyan, an authority on Armenian art, has consecutively traced the artistic development of the Armenians from early times to our day. It is the first essay pre ‐ senting the history of Armenian painting, sculpture and applied art as an integral and intercon ‐ nected whole. The author has tried to bring out the links between the art of the Armenians, one of the oldest peoples on Soviet territory, and the art of other peoples, and also the national characteristics of Armenian art. The description of historical stages, the silhouettes of individual artists and the examina ‐ tion of concrete works are illustrated by reproductions of the earliest sculptural and architec ‐ tural monuments, the illuminations and covers of manuscript books deposited in the Matena ‐ daran, traditional carpets, pottery and metal ‐ work. The section dealing with the art in Soviet Armenia describes the contribution made by the artists who studied and worked in Western Europe and Russia. They attracted the younger painters and sculptors whose work dominated the sixties and seventies. Nonna Stepanyan calls the readers’ attention to the problems of the urban environment in the context of designing and erecting monuments, memorial complexes and decorative sculp ‐ tures. In Armenia these problems were tackled sooner and solved more efficiently than in many other parts of the Soviet Union.

With 316 illustrations, 214 in colour