Exhibition on the Occasion of the Fifth Centenary of Armenian Printing. Correr Museum – National Archaeological Museum -Marciana Natıonal Library / Venice- 16 December 2011- 10 April 2012; Curators: Gabriella Uluhogian – Boghos Levon Zekiyan – Vartan Karapetian
A major exhibition, entitled “ARMENIA: IMPRINTS OF A CIVILIZATION”,
will open in the museums of St. Mark’s Square on December 16, 2011.
Hosting the exhibition will be the prestigious venues of the Correr
Museum, the National Archaeological Museum and the Marciana National Library.
The exhibition will mark the fifth centenary of the first book printed
in the Armenian language. This exhibition will act as the official
launch of the jubilee celebrations taking place in the Armenian
capital Yerevan, a UNESCO World Book Capital for 2012.
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The organization of the event is shouldered by the Armenian Ministry of Culture and the Foundation of Venice City Museums and is promoted
by the National Committee for the Celebration of the Fifth Centenary of the Armenian Press (chaired by the President of the Republic of
Armenia), the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Armenia, the
Foundation of Venice City Museums, the Armenian Mekhitarist
Congregation, the Special Superintendent for Historical, Artistic and
Ethno-Anthropological Heritage and for the Central Committee of the Museums of the City of Venice and the Municipalities of the Lagoon Region, the Embassy of Armenia in Rome, and the Marciana National Library.
Curators Gabriella Uluhogian, Boghos Levon Zekiyan, and Vartan
Karapetian aim to provide an original approach to many of the exciting aspects of Armenian civilization. The halls of the three museums will
be used in order to create a unique exhibition space that will
display, through a parallel chronological and thematic approach, two
hundred works from the major Armenian museum collections and
libraries, both in Europe and Armenia. Particular thematic attention
will be paid to: architectural, artistic, economic, religious and
philosophical achievements.
A fully-illustrated catalogue, published by Skira, will accompany this unique exhibition and will include contributions from distinguished Armenologists on an international level, and, especially, members of
the Italian academy.
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Ancient steles engraved with the cross, brightly-colored miniatures,
architectural memorials and holy relics preserved for centuries at the
Mother See of the Armenian Apostolic Church in Echmiadzin (Armenia) will be accompanied by unique sound installations that recreate the
aural landscape of medieval Armenia. Each visitor will, thus, walk
along a fantastic path of historic Armenian heritage that will begin
with the dawn of Christianity and extend well beyond the medieval
period.
A major focus of the exhibition will be to show the long and fruitful
experiences of the Armenian people with diverse communities and
cultures from Europe to the Far East. In particular, through detailed
historical documentation (including manuscripts and works of art), the
exhibition will illustrate the development of the Armenian presence in
Venice and their position within the Venetian society.
Thanks to the inclusion of several rare and precious manuscripts,
another section will offer new perspectives on the development of
Armenian historiography, literature, philosophy, science and theology.
An important segment of the exhibition will be uniquely devoted to
shedding light on the practical realities of Armenian printing since
1512 and will include fascinating examples of printing in the dense
network of Armenian colonies throughout the world. A special emphasis
will be placed on the important tradition of the Armenian printing
press in Venice, that reached its height of glory with the illuminated
enlightened dedication of the academically-minded Mekhitarist Fathers.
Visitors to the exhibition in St. Mark’s Square will have the
opportunity to continue upon a tour that explores the sights of
‘Armenian Venice’ according to precise routes designed and designated
by the curators.
The exhibition will remain open until April 10, 2012, while the
sections uniquely dedicated to printing and to Venetian-Armenian
relations (thereafter located at the Museum of the Mkhitarian
Congregation on the nearby Island of San Lazzaro) will run until the
end of August, 2012.
Press Office: Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, Ufficio Stampa:
Riccardo Bon, tel.+390412715921; press@fmcvenezia.it; www.visitmuvei.it
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