Ձեւի պահանջը (ճարտարապետութեան մէջ)
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1973
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In Greek classical thinking the human type is conceived objectively; in Armenian medieval thought man is a moral reality. In Greek aesthetic art the statue is its supreme expression; in Armenian art, it is the church. All the elements in Armenian architecture and rules of central harmony are in consonance with the central, square, dome-covered structure, representing man. In the 7th century, as Byzantium attempted to effect a merger of the Armenian church and the Byzantine, in Armenia the idea of merger found expression in the architecture of the Armenian church (Bacavan, 631-639; St. Gayane, 630-641; Mren, 631-639) in which the fundamental form of the edifice is the cross-shaped cupolaed structure. But the Armenian creative architectural mind devised a richer and novel structure in two temples, «Zvartnotz» (642-659) and in «Banaki» (beginning of the 7th century). When form no more reproduces a cosmological import, it is reduced to a mere type, devoid of creativity. The Byzantine Empire created the official edificial type of St. Sophia, over against which, the Armenian mind provided an architectural form that is the supreme expression of its intellectual and spiritual freedom.
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Զարեան, Ա., «Ձեւի պահանջը (ճարտարապետութեան մէջ)», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 1973, Պէյրութ, էջ 148-168