Armenian treasures of the Worcester Art Museum
The Worcester Art Museum, located in Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S., and established in 1896, houses over 38,000 works of art dating from antiquity to the present day and representing cultures from all over the world. Among those are 21 samples of
A porcelain plaque with the image of Napoleon Bonaparte made in Wuhan, China
A porcelain plaque (c. 1920-1930) housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, possesses specific interest for researchers. Being decorated with an en grisaille image of Napoleon Bonaparte (1799–1804), emperor of France and one of the most celebrated personages
The past and present of the Armenian woodcraft (interview)
The Armenian Highland provided rich material for craftsmen to create wooden art objects, architectural details, and decorative items, such as distinguished pulpit-lecterns (a 10th-century and 13th-century church lecterns from the medieval Armenian capital Ani), carved capitals, utilitarian dinnerware, solid entrance
“Mandarin Ducks” by Qi Baishi: Bridging Armenia and China
by Ani Margaryan In 2013 Bonhams auction house sold one of the works of prominent Chinese artist Qi Baishi (Qi Baishi, “Mandarin Ducks in Lotus Pond,” ink and color on paper, framed and glazed, inscribed and signed “Baishi,” with one seal
One of the largest museums in China – the Nanjing Museum
The Nanjing Museum ( 南京博物院) is located in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu Province in East China. With an area of 70,000 square meters, it is considered one of the largest museums in China and one of the first museums
Juxtaposition of the Armenian and Chinese people in the Dutch 17th century engraving
A talented Dutch illustrator, engraver, and poet of the late 17th century and early 18th century Jan Luyken lived and worked in Amsterdam. His engravings created for the cartographic 5-volume atlas “The New Marine Torch” published in 1681 as well as
Tiger in Armenian imagery: the embroidered piece from Ani
by Ani Margaryan The History Museum of Armenia houses an interesting artifact- a piece of silk textile, possibly a shred of the embroidered silk veil with the imagery of a lion and a tiger against the background of the Tree
Armenia hosted the international conference “Eurasian Research on Modern China and Eurasia”
The "China-Eurasia" international conference was held on December 3-4, 2021, at the Armenian-Russian (Slavonic) University.As reported by Armenpress, it was organized by the "China-Eurasia" Council for Political and Strategic Research և Russian-Armenian University - RAU. The conference is supported by
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
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
