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Film to portray Leonardo DaVinci's travels in Cilicia
June 2, 2012 - 16:55 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A new film by history buff Arsen Hakobyan of Armenia
intends to put into perspective Armenia's influence on Europe, both in
terms of exporting Christianity, as well as exporting its church
architecture and numerous saints, according to The Armenian
Mirror-Spectator.
The film, shot on location in Armenia as well as in Georgia and
several European countries, gives as examples churches in Europe that
were built heavily influenced by the Armenian church structure - most
perfectly and earliest executed in Echmiazdin and Bagaran. Among those
churches is San Satiro in Milan, the original structure of which was
based on the seventh-century Bagaran church.
The DVD can be watched in Armenian, English, Russian or French.
The film also spends time on the reported travels by Renaissance
genius Leonardo DaVinci in Cilicia, specifically around the Taurus
Mountains. According to his Codex Atlanticus, housed in the Ambrosian
Library in Milan, he spent some time in Cilicia in the 1480s, where he
witnessed an earthquake in Erzinga. He had reportedly gone there at
the behest of the Sacred Sultan of Egypt. He sketched many faces, as
well as the topography of the region.
The filmmaker, Hakobyan, said that the film would be `for all the
people who don't know Armenia and Armenian history.' In particular, he
said, Armenians sent many proselytizers to Europe to preach
Christianity, some even long before the formal adoption of
Christianity as the state religion in 301 AD.
June 2, 2012 - 16:55 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - A new film by history buff Arsen Hakobyan of Armenia
intends to put into perspective Armenia's influence on Europe, both in
terms of exporting Christianity, as well as exporting its church
architecture and numerous saints, according to The Armenian
Mirror-Spectator.
The film, shot on location in Armenia as well as in Georgia and
several European countries, gives as examples churches in Europe that
were built heavily influenced by the Armenian church structure - most
perfectly and earliest executed in Echmiazdin and Bagaran. Among those
churches is San Satiro in Milan, the original structure of which was
based on the seventh-century Bagaran church.
The DVD can be watched in Armenian, English, Russian or French.
The film also spends time on the reported travels by Renaissance
genius Leonardo DaVinci in Cilicia, specifically around the Taurus
Mountains. According to his Codex Atlanticus, housed in the Ambrosian
Library in Milan, he spent some time in Cilicia in the 1480s, where he
witnessed an earthquake in Erzinga. He had reportedly gone there at
the behest of the Sacred Sultan of Egypt. He sketched many faces, as
well as the topography of the region.
The filmmaker, Hakobyan, said that the film would be `for all the
people who don't know Armenia and Armenian history.' In particular, he
said, Armenians sent many proselytizers to Europe to preach
Christianity, some even long before the formal adoption of
Christianity as the state religion in 301 AD.