Trdat the Architect
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Trdat the Architect (circa 950-1020) (Armenian: Տրդատ ճարտարապետ), known in Latin as Tiridates, was chief architect of the Bagratuni Dynasty of Armenia.
In 961, Ashot III moved his capital from Kars to the great city of Ani where he assembled new palaces and rebuilt the walls. The Catholicosate was moved to the Arkina district in the suburbs of Ani where Trdat completed the building of the Catholicosal palace and the Mother Cathedral of Ani. This cathedral offers an example of a cruciform domed church within a rectangular plan.[1][2]
After a great earthquake in 989 the ruined dome of Hagia Sophia, the Byzantine officials summoned Trdat to Byzantium to organize repairs. The restored dome was completed by 994.[3]
Trdat is also thought to have designed or supervised the construction of Surb Nshan (completed 991), the oldest structure at Haghpat Monastery.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ F. Macler, Armenia, The Kingdom of the Bagratides, The Cambridge Ancient History, vol. IV, p. 161.
- ^ Gevork Nazaryan - The Architecture of Armenia
- ^ Routledge, 101-124. Maranci, C. 2003. “The architect Trdat: building practices and cross-cultural exchange in Byzantium and Armenia”
- ^ Hovhanesian, K. The Architect Trdat, Erevan, 1951, pp. 59-83.
[edit] Bibliography
- "The Architect Trdat: Building Practices and Cross-Cultural Exchange in Byzantium and Armenia,"
- "Armenian Art and Architecture: Religion and Society"
- "Architecture and the Church in Armenia," Student Center, University of Texas at Austin, November 15, 2003.
- "An Armenian Architect in Byzantium's Court: The Career and Building Practices of Trdat," The Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago, May 14, 2003.
- "Armenian Architecture as Aryan Architecture: The Role of Indo-European Scholarship in the Theories of Josef Strzygowski"
