Like
many collections, the Armenian Orthodox Church treasuries in Istanbul
contain objects that were never meant to be displayed in a museum,
appear in a book or be part of a scholarly lecture. Their primary
purpose was to serve, honor, and glorify God. Acquired over many
centuries, such objects were more than thread, cloth, metal, stone, and
wood and were definitely more than complicated composition and elaborate
iconography. They were a physical testament to religious belief that
symbolized the intense spiritual conviction of the lay community.
On
Wednesday, March 19, Ron Marchese, Professor Emeritus, University of
Minnesota, Duluth, will discuss these treasures in the lecture Art and Faith: Armenian Church Collections of Constantinople. Professor Marchese was
co-director of the excavations at Plataiai in Greece from 1999-2009,
which were carried out by the Austrian Institute of Archaeology and the
University of Minnesota-Cambridge University-University of Vienna-Thebes
Archaeological Museum. He has also worked on archaeological surveys in
Russia and Turkey and excavated in Israel and Turkey. Author of numerous
books and articles, he is the recipient of awards for two recent books
on textiles and relics from Armenian Orthodox churches in Istanbul.
Admission
to this event is by donation. The lecture will be held at 7:30 p.m. in
the Museum’s Learning Center. For more information call the Museum at 613 256-3754 x6 or info@mvtm.ca. The Mississippi Valley Textile Museum is located at 3 Rosamond St. E. in Almonte.
L to R.: Marine Vardanyan, Dr. Ronald Marchese, Vartush Mesropyan, and Konrad Siekierski.
http://armenianstudies.csufresno.edu/hye_sharzhoom/vol34/march%202013/3_marcheseart.html
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