{"product_id":"the-art-of-armenia-christina-maranci-9780190269005","title":"The Art of Armenia: An Introduction","description":"Though immediately recognizable in public discourse as a modern state in a political \"hot zone,\" Armenia has a material history and visual culture that reaches back to the Paleolithic era. This book presents a timely and much-needed survey of the arts of Armenia from antiquity to the early eighteenth century C.E. Divided chronologically, it brings into discussion a wide range of media, including architecture, stone sculpture, works in metal, wood, and cloth, manuscript illumination, and ceramic arts. Critically, \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Armenia \u003c\/em\u003epresents this material within historical and archaeological contexts, incorporating the results of specialist literature in various languages. It also positions Armenian art within a range of broader comparative contexts including, but not limited to, the ancient Mediterranean and Near East, Byzantium, the Islamic world, Yuan-dynasty China, and seventeenth-century Europe. \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Armenia\u003c\/em\u003e offers students, scholars, and heritage readers of the Armenian community something long desired but never before available: a complete and authoritative introduction to three thousand years of Armenian art, archaeology, architecture, and design.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christina Maranci\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0190269006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190269005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/12\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2019","brand":"Christina Maranci","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44132597924095,"sku":"9780190269005","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_18916780-3348-4f61-a11d-f05f1da9d4d0.jpg?v=1687481155","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-art-of-armenia-christina-maranci-9780190269005","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}