A SUMMARY The medieval scholars’ (back to Dionysius, the Pseudo-Areopagite, AD 500) awareness and realization of the idea of Read more →
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ON the medieval outlook of the inner form of art
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Paragrapf 13 0f theon’s rhetoric
Report thesis Тwo pages in paragraph 13 of Theon’s Rhetoric not available in the original text in Greek have Read more →
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Martiros Mnakyan
Մարտիրոս Մնակյան մաս1 Մարտիրոս Մնակյան մաս2 Read more →
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The origins of the medival armenian theatre
թատրոնը միջնադար. հայաստանում-մաս1 թատրոնը միջնադար. հայաստանում-մաս2 The theatre was a lively, artistic symbol of medieval town life both Western Europe Read more →
ON the medieval outlook of the inner form of art
A SUMMARY The medieval scholars’ (back to Dionysius, the Pseudo-Areopagite, AD 500) awareness and realization of the idea of hidden beauty in art has been referred to in the article. The art was perceived as a cognitive reality and no longer an admirable reality. This was the key context for the judgement of [...]
Paragrapf 13 0f theon’s rhetoric
Report thesis Тwo pages in paragraph 13 of Theon’s Rhetoric not available in the original text in Greek have survived in the Armenian translation (5th century). In it a description of a naturalistic play of a Greek actor Povlos by name is given as a rhetorical criterion. This is an irrefutable evidence of the [...]
The “Stanislavski System” and paradox of acting
Ստանիսլավսկու սիստեմը և խաղի պարադոքսը The paradox of acting A summary The renowned “Stanislavsky system” appears to be the logical outcome of the 19th century psychological realism and naturalism, as well as the Russian acting school in particular. It’s adequately been highlighted by the notion of behaviorism, the theory of behavioral psychology having emerged at [...]
The Nature of Acting
The nature of acting An aesthetic view Summary This book is the first attempt of a theoretical insight into the art of acting considered as an independent system of art. What is the stage taken as a metaphysical space, and how is the live presence of the actor as a person implemented as a state [...]
David the Invincible
The Aesthetic Orientation of David the Invincible In the ancient Greek original of David’s Definitions of Philosophy, the definitions of art and science were terminologically inherited from ancient thinkers. In this respect, the word τέχνη is the most capacious and polysemous. Its three main meanings are practical knowledge, art and craft. In the ancient Armenian [...]
Ancient Armenian Drama and Its Modifications
A story narrated in Middle Ages, an old ceremonial legend, language evidence and some analytic essays that create a dramatic atmosphere, trace back to the pre-Christian age and reach the new era. By saying old, we mean conveying the old, bringing antiquity and narrating of antiquity. Such is the subject of our study. We neither [...]
The Origins of the Medieval Armenian Theatre
Հնագույն դրաման Հայաստանում The theatre was a lively, artistic symbol of medieval town life both Western Europe and Asia Minor- the cradle of early feudalism. With the coming of Christianity and the end of the ancient world Armenia found itself in a region of tremendous cultural activity at the crossroads between East and West. As [...]
The Medieval Stage
The title of the book is as relative as the conception of medieval drama itself, i.e. both proceeding from theatre and rejecting theatre, and also basically liturgical. The point is what exactly was happening to the ancient drama at the dawn of Christianity and in what way drama was appreciated beyond the theatrical system, i.e. [...]
The Ancient Drama in Armenia
The book covers the issue ancient Armenian mystery play. The research is based on medieval sources, linguistic data and pieces of folklore. There appear to be two types of evidence to suggest the occurrence of drama and theatre in Armenian History. The first one is the ancient Greek word theatron, the Armenian equivalent of which [...]