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Memorial complex , Zurab Tsereteli's art,
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Rzhevskaya E. A. "Through the centuries": memorial complex in Tbilisi by Zurab Tsereteli // The Art of Eurasia, 2017. № 1 (4). P. 104-116. URL: https://doi.org/10.25712/ASTU.2518-7767.2017.01.006.
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Abstract
The article tells about the memorial complex "Chronicle of Georgia", designed in Tbilisi on the project of the People's Artist of the USSR and Russia, President of the Russian Academy of Arts Z.K. Tsereteli. The description of the historical place, the main elements of the multi-figure unique composition is given here. It tells about the creative method of Zurab Tsereteli, the deep immersion in the history of Georgia and the creation of images of outstanding personalities who played a key role in the spiritual and state formation of the ancient Caucasian country: Saint Nino (IV century) – educator of Georgia, Mirian the 3rd – Saint Mirian – king of Iberia , Vakhtang Gorgasali (circa 457–502), the queen Tamara, whose image inspired Shota Rustaveli. The pearl of the ensemble is a church dedicated to the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin.
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