Imaging and Imagining Avarayr: Visualizing Armenian History in Early Modern Vaspurakan
308E, PAB Baghramyan 40, Yerevan, ArmeniaAbout the Event: Armenian collective consciousness is saturated with images of the Battle of Avarayr (451 AD). Vardan Mamikonyan and his martyred soldiers have materialized over the last century as statues, tattoos, book covers, t-shirts, etc. But this is not how the cult of Vardanants began. In this talk, Piñon examines the battle as it […]