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Initially , the book traces the produc- tion and interpretation of royal imagery over three centuries , from the revival of the Georgian monarchy in the ninth century to its culmination in the reign of Queen Tamar ( 1184–1213 ) on the ...
Initially , the book traces the produc- tion and interpretation of royal imagery over three centuries , from the revival of the Georgian monarchy in the ninth century to its culmination in the reign of Queen Tamar ( 1184–1213 ) on the ...
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My approach is to give the surviving visual evidence far greater weight as impor- tant historical evidence of the reigns of the kings and queens it depicts . It demon- strates the self - perception of the monarchy and its court .
My approach is to give the surviving visual evidence far greater weight as impor- tant historical evidence of the reigns of the kings and queens it depicts . It demon- strates the self - perception of the monarchy and its court .
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... between the images and the historical texts and chronicles that describe the reigns of the rulers they depict . ... in the textual evidence , since these also provided the chronological and factual frameworks of each reign .
... between the images and the historical texts and chronicles that describe the reigns of the rulers they depict . ... in the textual evidence , since these also provided the chronological and factual frameworks of each reign .
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Thus , despite their differences , they give an overall unifor- mity and composure to the reigns , and paint a wholly ... at odds with the often contradictory and confused image provided in the art pro- duced during his or her reign .
Thus , despite their differences , they give an overall unifor- mity and composure to the reigns , and paint a wholly ... at odds with the often contradictory and confused image provided in the art pro- duced during his or her reign .
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... 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 these cumulative terms : " By the will of ...
... 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 these cumulative terms : " By the will of ...
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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.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Royal Imagery in Medieval Georgia |
| Author | Antony Eastmond |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Penn State Press, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0271043911, 9780271043913 |
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