The Georgian Kingdom and Georgian Art Cultural Encounters i... - 9786057685735

Name: The Georgian Kingdom and Georgian Art Cultural Encounters i... - 9786057685735
Brand: Koc University Press

Koc University Press

The Georgian Kingdom and Georgian Art Cultural Encounters in Anatolia in Medieval Period, Symposium Proceedings, 15 May 2014, AnkaraAuthor(s): Irene Giviashvili, Feyza Akder\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Koc University Press, Trkiye\nImprint: Koc University Press\nISBN-13: 9786057685735, 978-6057685735\nSynopsis\nA survey of the architecture and history of the Tao-Klarjeti region.\n\n This book, comprising the proceedings of a 2014 symposium at Ko Universitys Vehbi Ko Ankara Studies Research Center, fills an important gap in the research surrounding the historical principality of Tao-Klarjeti. This political entity founded by the Georgian Bagrationis dynasty in the early ninth century covers the modern-day provinces of Artvin, Erzurum (partially), Ardahan in Turkey, and the provinces of Samtskhe-Javakheti and Ajara in Georgia. This volume explores the religious and secular buildings, decor programs, facade articulations, stone reliefs of monastic and Cathedral churches, mason build.