Mazmanian Igitian (1 results)

blue full cloth hardcover ~ 2º (folio). large (9"x12") ("coffee table" book), international or priority shipping will cost extra. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in vg+ / near fine cond. 1" tear on front, several scratches on rear, minor rubbing, not price clipped (no price listed). nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition. first printing (nap). 12 pages of english text + 179 glossy full page full color plates, in three sections: armenian painting, russian painting, western european painting. art history. russian history. history of armenia. religious art. christianity. ~ The Gallery's fullest and most comprehensive department is that of Armenian painting. The exhibition of the department opens with copies of sixth century frescoes and embraces all the characteristic trends of development of Armenian visual arts from the dawn of history to the present day. In addition to icons, there are a limited number of seventeenth and eighteenth century portraits in which the artists, following the precepts of medieval art, attempted to reproduce in the most painstaking manner the outward features of a concrete personality. etc~.