Cultural Interactions in Medieval Georgia (Scrinium Friburgense)

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English summary: Situated between the mountain ranges of the Caucasus, the country of Georgia was constantly exposed to contacts with both nearby cultures and such far-away realities as the Eastern Mediterranean and Western Europe. Constant political changes, including relations to and occupations by the neighboring empires of Byzantium and the Seljuks, make the region a prime example for the investigation of the dynamics of artistic exchange during the medieval period. This volume re-approaches the impressive material legacy from the medieval period in Georgia with a variety of new methodological approaches. The ten articles in this volume discuss, among others, general questions of cultural interaction, analyze the relation of liturgy and artistic objects, reexamine famous monuments and present a wide range of unpublished material. German description: Zwischen den Bergketten des Kaukasus gelegen, stand Georgen stets im Kontakt sowohl mit benachbarten Kulturen als auch mit weit entfernten Gebieten wie der Levante und Westeuropa. Stetige politische Umbr|che, darunter Beziehungen zu und Eroberungen durch die benachbarten Reiche der Byzantiner und Seldschuken, machen die Gegend zu einem Vorzeigebeispiel f|r das Studium der Dynamiken k|nstlerischen Austausches im Mittelalter. Dieser Band nähert sich den immensen materiellen Zeugnisse aus dieser Periode in Georgien wieder an, unter Verwendung einer Auswahl neuer methodischer Zugänge. Die zehn Beiträge des Bandes besprechen, unter anderem, Fragen kultureller Interaktion, untersuchen die Zusammenhänge zwischen Liturgie und Kunstwerken; unterziehen bekannte Monumente einer neuen Betrachtung und stellen eine breite Auswahl bislang unpublizierten Materials vor. Cover Table of content Georgia and the outside world: An introduction I. Relating objects and people: Questions of cultural interactions Cultural interactions in the Caucasus and beyond: Investigation issues II. Demonstration of earthly power and concern for the afterlife: Issues of patronage History in images: Donor figures in medieval Georgian art Icon patronage in early eleventh century Georgia. An icon of Christ with the inscription of Bagrat' III III. Visual manifestations of liturgy and cultic phenomena Old Testament prefigurations of the Mother of God in medieval Georgian iconography Byzantine ideology in Georgian iconography: Iconographic programmes of Georgian pre-altar crosses in their historical context Cult and image of St. George in medieval Georgian art Transformationen. Die Transfigurationsikone aus Zarzma und die an und mit ihr praktizierten Wahrnehmungsstrategien IV. Sacred sites in a contested region: Art and architecture in Kvemo Kartli Culture and art in the Gogarene in the 5th and 6th centuries. Iberians and Armenians in dialogue Transformation and memory in medieval Georgian church architecture: the case of Manglisi Cathedral Inscriptions of the Holy Cross Church in Manglisi Editorial notes and bibliographical list Colour plates