Medieval Armenian Art and Architecture: The Church of the Holy Cross, Aght'amar

by John Gordon Davies

The Church of the Holy Cross at Aght'amar is one of the outstanding monuments of medieval Armenian architecture. The church, due to its protected position on an island in Lake Van, has survived the ten centuries since its construction in a remarkable state of preservation. The original sculptural decoration on the exterior walls, together with the surviving murals of this period in the interior, gives a unique insight into the art of the tenth-century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0907132588
• ISBN13: 9780907132585
• Release Date: December 2000
• Publisher: Pindar Press
• Length: 224 Pages