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Religion | |
Affiliation | Armenian Apostolic Church |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Functioning |
Year consecrated | July 20, 1240 |
Location | |
Location | near the village of Vank, Agdara town of Tartar rayon, Azerbaijan Republic |
Architecture | |
Type | Monastery, Church |
Style | Armenian |
Completed | 1238 |
Website | |
www.gandzasar.com |
History and architecture
The construction of Gandzasar began in 1216, under the patronage of the Armenian prince of Khachen, Hasan-Jalal Dawla, and it was completed in 1238 and consecrated on July 22, 1240.
The complex is protected by high walls. Within the complex is the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist (Սուրբ Յովհաննու Մկրտիչ եկեղեցի in Armenian), built between 1216 and 1238. The drum of its dome has exquisite bas-reliefs that depict the Crucifixion, Adam and Eve, and two ministers holding a model of the church above their heads as an offering to God. The bas-reliefs have been compared to the elaborate carvings of Aghtamar, and some art historians consider the monastery to represent one of the masterpieces of Armenian architecture. Anatoly L. Yakobson, a prominent Soviet medieval art historian, described Gandzasar as a "pearl of architectural art....This is a unique monument of medieval architecture and monumental sculpture, which by right ought to be regarded as an encyclopedia of 13th-century Armenian art."
Gallery
- The Gandzasar monastery
- Closeup of cupola
- Interior
- Gandzasar bas-reliefs
- Armenian medieval lapidary inscriptions on Gandzasar's walls
See also
Notes
- Khatcherian, Hrair (1997). Artsakh: A Photographic Journey. Eastern Prelacy of the Armenian Apostolic Church of America, p. 13.
- See Comneno, Lala M., Cuneo, P, and Manukian, S. Volume 19: Gharabagh. Documents of Armenian Art - Documenti di Architettura Armena Series. Polytechnique and the Armenian Academy of Sciences, Milan, OEMME Edizioni, 1980, Introduction
- Hakobyan, Hravard H (1990). The Medieval Art of Artsakh. Yerevan, Armenian SSR: Parberakan. p. 76. ISBN 5-8079-0195-9.
Further reading
- Template:Ru icon Yakobson, Anatoly L. “From the History of Medieval Armenian Architecture: the Monastery of Gandzasar,” in: Studies in the History of Culture of the Peoples in the East. Moscow-Leningrad. 1960.
External links
- Gandzasar.com - Gandzasar Monastery, Nagorno Karabakh Republic (official site)
- Program about Gandzasar Monastery by Vem Radio