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... political realities . The monumental im- ages set up in churches between the tenth and thirteenth centuries provided the pub- lic face of the Bagrat'ioni family : they show the ways they wished to be seen by their subjects , and the ...
... political realities . The monumental im- ages set up in churches between the tenth and thirteenth centuries provided the pub- lic face of the Bagrat'ioni family : they show the ways they wished to be seen by their subjects , and the ...
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... political success . Thus , the interpreta- tion of art derives entirely from external politics : it reflects rather than embodies or creates . = The principal historical sources considered in this book are the chronicles col- lected ...
... political success . Thus , the interpreta- tion of art derives entirely from external politics : it reflects rather than embodies or creates . = The principal historical sources considered in this book are the chronicles col- lected ...
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... political pressures . The imagery contained in royal portraits was not as straightforwardly “ propagandist " as at first appears . It worked on behalf of many different groups , and was aimed at many different audiences . The evidence ...
... political pressures . The imagery contained in royal portraits was not as straightforwardly “ propagandist " as at first appears . It worked on behalf of many different groups , and was aimed at many different audiences . The evidence ...
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... political posi- tion of the country . It lies on many borders : on the physical frontier between Europe and Asia , dominated by the Caucasus Mountains , which make up its northern bor- der , and by the Black Sea to the west ; on the ...
... political posi- tion of the country . It lies on many borders : on the physical frontier between Europe and Asia , dominated by the Caucasus Mountains , which make up its northern bor- der , and by the Black Sea to the west ; on the ...
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... politics . In 888 Adarnase II ( 881-923 ) received the title of king of Kartli from both Baghdad and Constantinople , again on the tail of Ašot I the Great Bagratuni of Armenia , who had been similarly elevated in 884. Once more Bagrat ...
... politics . In 888 Adarnase II ( 881-923 ) received the title of king of Kartli from both Baghdad and Constantinople , again on the tail of Ašot I the Great Bagratuni of Armenia , who had been similarly elevated in 884. Once more Bagrat ...
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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.