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  • Maranci To Talk On 'Excavation And Reconstruction Of Zvartnots'

    MARANCI TO TALK ON 'EXCAVATION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF ZVARTNOTS'

    http://www.armenianweekly.com/2010/03/ 29/maranci-to-talk-on-%e2%80%98excavation-and-reco nstruction-of-zvartnots%e2%80%99/
    Mon, Mar 29 2010

    On April 14, Maranci will present "Rock, Paper, Scissors: The
    Excavation and Reconstruction of Zvartnots."

    WATERTOWN, Mass.-Zvartnots, perhaps more than any other medieval
    church, has become an icon of Armenian identity, the subject of
    countless representations in miniature, and the inspiration and
    namesake of the airport terminal of Yerevan. Yet what is really known
    about this church?

    On April 14, the Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA) will
    feature a presentation by ALMA Research Fellow Dr. Christina Maranci,
    the director of the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute in Yerevan. Her
    talk, titled "Rock, Paper, Scissors: The Excavation and Reconstruction
    of Zvartnots," will consider the initial excavations at the site, the
    participation of T'oros T'oramanian, and the scholarly controversies
    surrounding its original appearance.

    Maranci is the Dadian Oztemel Chair of Armenian Art at Tufts
    University. She received her Ph.D. from Princeton University in the
    department of art and archaeology in 1998. Her 2001 book, Medieval
    Armenian Architecture: Constructions of Race and Nation, explores
    the role of Josef Strzygowski in the field of medieval Armenian
    architecture.

    This free public program will take place at 7 p.m. in the museum's
    Contemporary Art Gallery (3rd floor), on 65 Main St. in Watertown. A
    reception will follow.
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