Jvari-Type Architectural Monuments : Research on the History of Georgian Art / Guram Kutaladze.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kutalaże, Guram, author.

Series:

Georgian classics.

Georgian Classics Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jvari (Church : Mcʻxetʻa, Georgia).

Jvari (Church : Mcʻxetʻa, Georgia)--Influence.

Architecture, Medieval--Georgia (Republic).

Architecture, Medieval.

Church architecture--Georgia (Republic).

Church architecture.

Decoration and ornament, Architectural--Georgia (Republic).

Decoration and ornament, Architectural.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2025]

Summary:

"The present book of the Jvari-type churches aims to consider the artistic monuments which are proof of the harmonious completion of the quest of an entire era. With this group of construction, Georgian architecture reached its first period of flourishing after about two and a half centuries of internal growth and adaptation to new tasks of Christian church architecture. These monuments are of a classical art style that has completely achieved the development of plastic contours and tectonically lucid forms. This development is fundamentally different from that of early Byzantine art, which - since the Justinian era - had a Baroque appearance"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword from the Editor

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

1. Description of the Minor Church of the Holy Cross of Mtskheta

2. An Architectural and Artistic Analysis of the Minor Church of Jvari

3. Construction of the Jvari and Mtskheta Churches : A Review of Historical Reports

Jvari-Type Architectural Monuments

I. Description of the Monuments

1. General Description of the Architectural Form

2. Description of Jvari

Annex

3. Description of the Ateni Sioni Church

4. Description of the Church in Old Shuamta

5. Description of the Martvili Cathedral

II. A Comparative Analysis of the Architecture of the Whole Group of Buildings

1. Architectural Type in the Development of Georgian Architecture

2. Techniques and Features

3. Development of the Plan Form

4. Interior Design

5. External Forms

6. Construction Forms

7. The Jvari-Type Churches of Armenia

8. Clarifying the Dating of Individual Buildings

a. The Time of the Erection of Individual Representatives of the Type

b. Ateni Sioni, a Copy of Jvari

9. The Development Theory of Jvari-Type Monuments

a. Development of the Type in General

b. Theories on the Origin of the Type

III. Facade Decoration

1. The Jvari Decorative System

1. General Remarks

2. Ornamental Decoration

3. A Stylistic Analysis of Donors' Images

4. Two Compositions of the Ascension

5. Conclusion

2. The Decorative System of Ateni Sioni

2. A Stylistic Analysis of the Figure Reliefs

3. Conclusion

3. The Decorative System in Martvili

2. Friezes and Cornices

Outcomes and Prospects of Development

JVARI-TYPE ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENTS

TABLES

JVARI

THE MINOR CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS OF MTSKHETA.

THE ATENI SIONI CHURCH

OLD SHUAMTA

MARTVILI

JVARI-TYPE ARMENIAN BUILDINGS

Index

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Notes:

Includes index.

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Other Format:

Print version: Kutaladze, Guram Jvari-Type Architectural Monuments: Research on the History of Georgian Art

ISBN:

9798895302927