Description
Book SynopsisA survey of the architecture and history of the Tao-Klarjeti region. This book, comprising the proceedings of a 2014 symposium at Koç University’s Vehbi Koç Ankara Studies Research Center, fills an important gap in the research surrounding the historical principality of Tao-Klarjeti. This political entity founded by the Georgian Bagrationis dynasty in the early ninth century covers the modern-day provinces of Artvin, Erzurum (partially), Ardahan in Turkey, and the provinces of Samtskhe-Javakheti and Ajara in Georgia. This volume explores the religious and secular buildings, decor programs, facade articulations, stone reliefs of monastic and Cathedral churches, mason builders, and donors of Tao-Klarjeti’s architecture. A particular focus is placed on recent archaeological discoveries in Şavşat Castle and the heritage of manuscripts produced in scriptoriums and literary centers of the region.
Table of ContentsPreface, Filiz Yenisehirlioglu
Introduction, Irene Giviashvili
PART 1
“Tao-Klarjeti: Brief History And Surveys” by Fahriye Bayram
“Two Outstanding Medieval Buildings in North-East Anatolia: Iskhani (Ishan) and Oshki (Ösk) Churches” by Prof. Dr. K. Kutgün Eyüpgiller, MA-Restoration Specialist Tugba Barlik Vardi, MA-Serda Torus
“A Visual Concept of Royal Legitimacy: The Sculpted Program of St. John the Baptist Church of Oshki (Ösk)” by Nino Simonishvili
“Stone Ornaments in Tao-Klarjeti Architecture”, by Turgay Yazar
“Builders of the Churches of Tao-Klarjeti: Some Preliminary Notes” by David Khoshtaria
“Archeological Discoveries From Savsat Savsat Castle From the Bagratli-Ottoman Period” by Osman Aytekin
“Facade Articulation and Architectural Ornamentations Of The New Rabat Monastery Church” by Selda Uygun
PART 2
CATALOGUE
An Annex of Georgian Buildings by Irene Giviashvili, Natia Khizanishvili
“Tao-Klarjeti – Heritage of Manuscripts” by Nikoloz Zhgenti
