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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Any scholars working on Georgian art and culture must rely on two factors : the ex- tent and nature of the scholarship that precedes their research , and the hospitality they receive on their travels in Georgia .
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Any scholars working on Georgian art and culture must rely on two factors : the ex- tent and nature of the scholarship that precedes their research , and the hospitality they receive on their travels in Georgia .
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This is not , there- fore , a positivist attempt to reconstruct the " real " nature of each ruler behind the propagandist façade of his or her image . My approach is to give the surviving visual evidence far greater weight as impor- ...
This is not , there- fore , a positivist attempt to reconstruct the " real " nature of each ruler behind the propagandist façade of his or her image . My approach is to give the surviving visual evidence far greater weight as impor- ...
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The juxtaposition of images , the inclusion of particular scenes , and the choice of individual saints were all used to enhance the portrayal of rulers , and they provide new ways to define and explain the nature of the rulers ' power ...
The juxtaposition of images , the inclusion of particular scenes , and the choice of individual saints were all used to enhance the portrayal of rulers , and they provide new ways to define and explain the nature of the rulers ' power ...
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Art has been used only to support textual conclusions and has been regarded as the natural accompaniment of military or political success . Thus , the interpreta- tion of art derives entirely from external politics : it reflects rather ...
Art has been used only to support textual conclusions and has been regarded as the natural accompaniment of military or political success . Thus , the interpreta- tion of art derives entirely from external politics : it reflects rather ...
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It was this cumulative kingdom that made up Georgia , but its fragmentary origin and nature were reflected in the titles held by all the Bagrat'ioni kings . Even as late as the reign of Queen Tamar ( 1184–1213 ) , power was conceived in ...
It was this cumulative kingdom that made up Georgia , but its fragmentary origin and nature were reflected in the titles held by all the Bagrat'ioni kings . Even as late as the reign of Queen Tamar ( 1184–1213 ) , power was conceived in ...
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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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