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Event Videos — Armenian Manuscripts

REPRODUCING THE RESURRECTION: From European Prints to Armenian Manuscripts

REPRODUCING THE RESURRECTION: From European Prints to Armenian Manuscripts

In this illustrated talk, Sylvie L. Merian, Ph.D., explains the reasons for the late usage in Armenian artistic traditions of Resurrection iconography in which Christ is shown emerging from the tomb, demonstrate what inspired the artists, and show how this iconography became common in numerous other artistic media for centuries.

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MEDIEVAL ARMENIA IN LOS ANGELES: Manuscripts at the Getty Museum

MEDIEVAL ARMENIA IN LOS ANGELES: Manuscripts at the Getty Museum

In this talk, Dr. Elizabeth Morrison, Senior Curator of Manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum, discusses the small but important collection of Armenian manuscripts at the Getty.

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