Armi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ kollekt︠s︡ii︠a︡ Gosudarstvennogo muzei︠a︡ istorii religii
An edition of Armi︠a︡nskai︠a︡ kollekt︠s︡ii︠a︡ Gosudarstvennogo muzei︠a︡ istorii religii (2011)
Armenian collection of the State Museum of the History of Religion
By Gosudarstvennyĭ muzeĭ istorii religii (Russia)
Publish Date
2011
Publisher
Gos. muzeĭ istorii religii.
Language
rus
Pages
84
Description:
The museum{u2019}s collection has religious paintings of the eighteenth to the early twentieth century that represent several styles and themes: old-style icons, general biblical scenes, episodes on the main events in Armenian church history. Other works include engravings and lithographs of church prelates, examples of ecclesiastic metalwork, and embroidered and filigree vestments. -- Summary written by John W. Emerich, Bronze Horseman Literary Agency.