@bradhostetler @laBnF I’m so curious now. Would love to know how/what the progression was for holding the full-body and bust image and if the full-body was specific to Armenia and Syria.
@bradhostetler @laBnF Random question: is it common to find Mary holding Christ in his blue background like an icon? Just curious because it reminds me of the Adoration of the Magi (before 640 CE) from the Armenian Echmiadzin Gospels and I don’t know much about other examples. https://t.co/v3FvmGTtu4
Watch a preview of "Armenia!," opening at The Met Fifth Avenue on September 22. This is the first major exhibition to explore the remarkable artistic and cultural achievements of the Armenian people in a global context over fourteen centuries. https://t.co/5rvm2TYwKS #MetArmenia
Join us April 13 for the next East of Byzantium event: Workshop & Study Day at the Armenian Museum of America, with V. Rev. Fr. Daniel Findikyan, St. Nersess Armenian Seminary & Christina Maranci, Tufts University. Register: https://t.co/Wq5tFUmsRS