And a Chinese can be an Armenian
This year the comedy play “And a Chinese can be an Armenian” was premiered on the stage of the Hakob Paronyan State Musical Comedy Theatre. The protagonist bears a strong resemblance to the Yerevan-based, amazing Chinese student, who proved that
Armenian traditional garments represented across China
Armenian traditional garments or national costume (Taraz) has always played a significantrole in the perception and expression of the Armenian identity. Armenian students havetaken active participation in the international festivals and various cultural activities withinand beyond university programs, while living,
Cardboard Sculptures of Chinese Villagers as a Tribute to the Ancestral Heritage
Warren King began sculpting with cardboard as an attempt to add fantasy to the lives of hischildren, creatively crafting masks and helmets out of the recyclable material. This slowly evolvedinto a more time-consuming arts practice as the artist began focusing
An Armenian miniature reflecting the role of cradles in the Armenian collective memory
In one of the Armenian manuscripts created and illuminated in Crimea by GrigorSukiasiants in the year 1332 (Matenadaran N7664), in the particular scene of Nativity(Pic.) Jesus is not depicted in the manger, neither on the castle-like structure nor evenlying on
Chinese dragons and heavenly dogs in the Armenian medieval manuscript
The elements perceived as emanating from Chinese art, such as “heavenly dogs”, “phoenix” and“dragon” motifs, made their appearance in Armenian manuscript illuminations in the second half ofthe thirteenth century. The context was royal Armenian patronage in the kingdom of Cilician
The Armenian “blue-and-white” inspired by Chinese art
The V&A Museum, London, hosts an early-seventeenth-century blue-and-white pottery samplethat is considered a part of a rare, small group of wares commissioned by or for members of theArmenian community living in New Julfa/Jugha, outside Isfahan, Iran. Being created circa 1700,
The Chinese “Ming Bowl” found in Armenia
This bronze bowl was found by a farmer near the city of Gyumri, Armenia. It was created during thereign of the Chinese Xuande Emperor (1399-1435 CE, reigned from 1425 to 1435 CE) of MingDynasty (1368-1644 CE). The inscription in Chinese
The Chinese perception of the Armenian merchant image
In 1944, Mathias Komor, a New York dealer (1909 - 1984), sold a Tang-dynasty (8thcentury BCE) small-scaled figurine (overall: 33.5 x 16.3 x 16.3 cm) to the Museum of FineArts, Boston, for $850. The current artifact is described in the
Lavash as an art and in the art- from Minas Avetisyan to Kusama-influenced installation
By Ani Margaryan It’s noteworthy that lavash and its making process rarely come into sight as a focus forcontemporary art installations. We are fortunate to witness its employment as a basic material forgroundbreaking installation that occupies a whole room at 117
Chinese Guanyin made of lapis lazuli- a product of cultural exchanges and intersections
By Ani Margaryan Have you ever seen an artwork that is all about one single, intensive, capturing colour your eyescan’t get enough of? Yves Klein’s “Blue Venus” (1961) (Pic.1) is one of that kind: the deep-bluecolour has enveloped the entire figure