BC: Eastern Christian Art Sources

**~~Miraj~~** · November 09, 2007, 12:50 PM

Hello from the BC team,

I want to eventually, either for 1.0 or later, to create a unique 'eastern christian' strat-map user interface. Basically what I need from you guys is as many good quality images of Byzantine/Greek, Armenian, Georgian and general eastern christian artwork or any cultural items. Anything that looks beautiful and is historically linked to the above cultures is needed..

Basically anything like the following:

- Miniature Paintings
- General Illustrations
- Architecture Details
- Carvings, Engravings
- Preserved texts

Etc. Pretty much any image of items related to those cultures is welcome. Weapons and decorative items contemporary to those cultures is also relevant. Coins are welcome too.

I'd especially like patterns and mosaics that can be used as a sort of texture.

So if you have any image sources related to Byzantine/Greek, Armenian, Georgia, Syrian Christian, Coptic or any other cultures relevant to 'eastern christianity' please post way.

**jo the greek** · November 09, 2007, 01:03 PM

like that
well many ottoman buildings are byzantine

**Keravnos** · November 09, 2007, 01:57 PM

Hmm, interesting...

I think I will contribute to this thread a bit...

in a while.

1. Elephant carvings...

Swordman depiction (it has been thought to depict a varangos warrior)

a deffinite varangos,

another,

St, George,

trooper,

St, Demetrios,

Armoured horsemen,

and finally,
ΑΓΙΟΣ ΔΗΜΗΤΡΙΟΣ (if any of you fancy a challenge try to recognise the previous letters on that elephant carving, St. Demetrios,

**Aketi** · November 09, 2007, 02:06 PM

Beautiful Byzantine mosaics...

The emperors throne.

**Rex Armeniae** · November 09, 2007, 02:08 PM

Armenian khachkar

Some other armenian symbols

**Gallowglass** · November 09, 2007, 02:17 PM

St. John the Baptist

Floor Mosaic

Altar Screen

Ikons

Would post more but have to go to the pub...really dont want to

**~~Miraj~~** · November 09, 2007, 02:58 PM

These are all very beautiful. Keep it coming.

**karo** · November 09, 2007, 03:23 PM

Some Armenian churches and khachkars

I'll post more later on

**John I Tzimisces** · November 09, 2007, 03:31 PM

**~~Miraj~~** · November 09, 2007, 03:33 PM

~~Thanks alot JIT. But everything after the 5th one says "content is currently unavailable" for me. :hm:~~

Fixed

**John I Tzimisces** · November 09, 2007, 03:39 PM

They should work now, I just went through and fixed all of them.

**Rex Armeniae** · November 09, 2007, 04:02 PM

Nice, I could post the pics I took myself to. Or is there no need anymore as John has posted many things already.

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Ok, here's some pictures I took in 2006 when I was in armenia for the summer. (Most if it is available on my facebook account, u should know john if you've seen the album) And im not posting all pics htat I have... that would be way to much, might even crush the forum servers

First its pics from Echmiadzin

(Im posting the pictures I took where you can see in a more close view how it looks rather then 'Tourist alike' pics on stuff.)

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Pictures from Sardarabad (The place where the battle of sardarabad took place)

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Pictures from Geghard, Geghard monastery (One of the.. probably The most beautiful areas I have ever been in, lovely terrain that is just so.... NICE!)

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Some other pics.. from Matenadaran(not the last one

)

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

Cheers, enjoy the pics ... I enjoyed taking them

**~~Miraj~~** · November 09, 2007, 04:12 PM

Those are *amazing* photos JIT! I think some are definitely usable for other things like event pics.

For example I could use this for when a monastery is built:

http://uconn.facebook.com/photo.php?...700015&l=3f814
Gorgeous landscape btw.

EDIT:

Excellent photos Arsen!!

**_TheChevalier_** · November 09, 2007, 07:30 PM

I really like all the photos of this thread .

**John I Tzimisces** · November 09, 2007, 11:26 PM

Sartarabad is interesting. It's a soviet era monument, and as such, they couldn't use christian symbolism in it even though church bells rallied the soldiers and militia to battle...so it has a ton of pagan symbolism (which the soviets did a great deal of research on in armenia)...
which rather doesn't have to do with Cilician Armenia

http://img232.imageshack.us/img232/5074/dsc00621ng4.jpg
The Inscription (or is it relief?) on the top left of the monument says "Hayrenik" or "Fatherland" (in the sense the property you inherit from your patrolinial side). Sorta conflicts with the whole trying to kill nationalism thing.

@mirage
Can you imagine besieging that place? There's ridiculously little even ground by the fortress. I'd imagine a besieging force would have to camp on the other side of the valleys ringing the fortifications. Yet somehow it succumbed at one point or another.

**~~Miraj~~** · November 09, 2007, 11:50 PM

Originally Posted by John I Tzimisces

@mirage
Can you imagine besieging that place? There's ridiculously little even ground by the fortress. I'd imagine a besieging force would have to camp on the other side of the valleys ringing the fortifications. Yet somehow it succumbed at one point or another.

The images got me interested and I was scoping out Armenia/Transcaucusus in Google Earth, just to check out the terrain. Its pretty obvious that these lands are almost like a greener version of afghanistan. I think I'll make some new ranges and passes to make the Armenian and the surround areas cliffy-er.

(the current armenia has too many flat areas)

**John I Tzimisces** · November 10, 2007, 12:26 AM

There are flat areas...but they're ringed by either steep valleys or mountains. And by flat I mean hilly.

**IrAr** · November 10, 2007, 02:05 AM

Originally Posted by John I Tzimisces

Sartarabad is interesting. It's a soviet era monument, and as such, they couldn't use christian symbolism in it even though church bells rallied the soldiers and militia to battle...so it has a ton of pagan symbolism (which the soviets did a great deal of research on in armenia)...

Sadly, the Soviets did try to eliminate religion, however, they failed miserably! I always felt that Sartarapat needed something along the lines of a bell tower or maybe a large Khachkar-esque addition.

**karo** · November 10, 2007, 02:55 AM

Arsen and John those pics are very beautiful, it makes me homesick.

**Keravnos** · November 10, 2007, 03:07 AM

Excellent work all around!

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