Helen Evans: Armenian Art And Creative Exchange On Medieval Trade Routes

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Dr. Helen Evans explores the importance of Armenia to world art, how Armenians developed a distinct form of Christian art that is related to but not fully part of Western traditions, and the important ways in which they influenced and integrated into the larger world by their control of trade routes in the Middle Ages.

Dr. Helen C. Evans is the Mary and Michael Jaharis Curator for Byzantine Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art,and the curator of Armenia! on view at the Museum from September 22, 2018 through January 13, 2019. Through her efforts, Armenian art is now installed in The Met's permanent medieval galleries as an important East Christian culture. As the Nikit and Elenora Ordjanian Visiting Professor of Armenian Studies, Dr. Evans has taught, and is teaching, courses on Armenian art at Columbia University, and has published widely on Armenian topics.
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