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Positioned between the Christian and Islamic worlds , Georgia provides an excellent case study for the investigation of issues regarding the relationship between art and power and the transmission of ideas between East and West .
Positioned between the Christian and Islamic worlds , Georgia provides an excellent case study for the investigation of issues regarding the relationship between art and power and the transmission of ideas between East and West .
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North wall . Donor image of Giorgi III and Tamar . Vardzia . Church of the Dormition . North wall . Detail of Queen Tamar . Q'inc'visi ( c . 1207 ) . Giorgi III , Tamar , and Giorgi IV Laša before Christ in north transept .
North wall . Donor image of Giorgi III and Tamar . Vardzia . Church of the Dormition . North wall . Detail of Queen Tamar . Q'inc'visi ( c . 1207 ) . Giorgi III , Tamar , and Giorgi IV Laša before Christ in north transept .
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South wall , with St. Nino on pilaster and warrior saints being crowned by Christ in window jambs . Bertubani ( 1212-13 ) . General view of apse ( after removal of royal portraits ) . XX Bertubani ( 1212-13 ) . Vault .
South wall , with St. Nino on pilaster and warrior saints being crowned by Christ in window jambs . Bertubani ( 1212-13 ) . General view of apse ( after removal of royal portraits ) . XX Bertubani ( 1212-13 ) . Vault .
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In addition it had its own local heritage of the Christian kingdom of Georgia , created in the fourth century , and of its Armenian neighbors . The range of possible influences and models open to the Bagrat'ionis was enormous , as were ...
In addition it had its own local heritage of the Christian kingdom of Georgia , created in the fourth century , and of its Armenian neighbors . The range of possible influences and models open to the Bagrat'ionis was enormous , as were ...
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7 Royal imagery had to cope with the diverse nature of the kingdom that the Bagrat'ionis ruled : it had to accommodate both Christian and Muslim subjects , as well as many formerly separate territories . 5.
7 Royal imagery had to cope with the diverse nature of the kingdom that the Bagrat'ionis ruled : it had to accommodate both Christian and Muslim subjects , as well as many formerly separate territories . 5.
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Page xix - N. Thierry, Le souverain dans les programmes d'églises en Cappadoce et en Géorgie du X' au XIII' siècle, dans Revue des études géorgiennes et caucasiennes, 4, 1988, p.
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| Title | Royal Imagery in Medieval Georgia |
| Author | Antony Eastmond |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Penn State Press, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0271043911, 9780271043913 |
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