The Ruins of Ani : A Journey to Armenia's Medieval Capital and its Legacy / Krikor Balakian, Peter Balakian; Aram Arkun, Peter Balakian.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Balakian, Krikor, Author.

Balakian, Peter, Author.

Contributor:

Arkun, Aram, Editor.

Balakian, Peter, Editor.

Standardized Title:

Nkaragrutʻiwn Anii aweraknerun. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture--Turkey--Ani.

Architecture.

Ani (Extinct city).

Armenia--History--Bagratuni dynasty, 885-1045.

Armenia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxix, 120 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

From the tenth to the thirteenth centuries, the city of Ani was the jewel of the Armenian kingdom, renowned far and wide for its magnificent buildings. Known as the city of 1001 churches, Ani was a center for artistic innovation, and its architecture is a potential missing link between Byzantine and Gothic styles. By the fifteenth century, Ani was virtually abandoned, its stunning buildings left to crumble. Yet its ruins have remained a symbol of cultural accomplishment that looms large in the Armenian imagination. The Ruins of Ani is a unique combination of history, art criticism, and travel memoir that takes readers on a thousand-year journey in search of past splendors. Today, Ani is a popular tourist site in Turkey, but the city has been falsified in its presentation by the Turkish government in order to erase Armenian history in the wake of the Armenian Genocide. This timely publication also raises questions about the preservation of major historic monuments in the face of post atrocity campaigns of cultural erasure. Originally written by young priest Krikor Balakian in 1910, just a few years before the Armenian genocide, this book offers a powerful and poignant counterpart to Balakian's acclaimed genocide memoir Armenian Golgotha. This new translation by the author's great-nephew, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Peter Balakian, eloquently renders the book's vivid descriptions and lyrical prose into English. Including a new introduction that explores Ani's continued relevance in the twenty-first century, The Ruins of Ani will give readers a new appreciation for this lost city's status as a pinnacle of both Armenian civilization and human achievement.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Notes on the Translation

Introduction / Balakian, Peter

Very Rev. Fr. Krikor Balakian Description of Ani's Ruins: Illustrated

Preface

Chapter I. History of Ani

Chapter II. Topography of Ani

Chapter III. Description of the Ruins of Ani

Chapter IV. Scholarship on Ani

Acknowledgments

Glossary

Index

About the Authors

Notes:

"A journey to Armenia's medieval capital and its legacy."--Dust jacket.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Dez 2019)

ISBN:

1-9788-0294-3

OCLC:

1121054139