MONUMENTAL ART IN ARMENIA/MONUMENTAL ART, FRESCO PAINTING/

Abstract

Armenian monumental art is the undisputed leader of the early medieval and medieval art of artistic culture, with its varieties. Armenian monumental art, as well as monumental painting - mural painting, are anchored mainly on Christian themes, which increases its artistic value even more. Modern Armenian monumental works, both monumental and mural, are inspired by the national traditions and customs of medieval art, why not also by thematics. However, often these things have relative independent significance, are the important dominant of the complex. Such works are distinguished by the depth of philosophical meditations on the world, the sublimity of man, and the primacy of the principle of imaging. Other types of works of Armenian monumental art do not carry high ideas and harmoniously decorate walls, roofs, facades and other surfaces in architecture, and border on decorative art with their architectural ornamental expressions (sometimes this direction is indicated by the term monumental decorative art). However, there is no strict boundary between these two types of monumental works of art. The history of Armenian monumental art testifies that our artists have stood at the intersection of three ways in terms of creativity: custom, rule, innovation. That is the reason why their art is not unambiguous and uniform, it is diverse and special. In the field of mural painting, the characteristic features on which modern Armenian art is based, with its inexhaustible artistry, stand out. Monumental art (monumental and mural art) has existed in Armenia for three millennia and continues today. It is not only progressive, but deeply in line with the pretentiousness of Armenian art, with clearly expressed tendencies of monumentality.