Culture of Old Georgia Culture of Georgia (country)

1 culture of old georgia

1.1 ecclesiastical art
1.2 ecclesiastical monuments
1.3 literary , other written works

culture of old georgia

the georgian alphabet traditionally said have been invented in 3rd century bc , reformed king parnavaz of iberia in 284 bc. modern scholarship puts origin date @ time in 5th century ad, when earliest examples can found.

georgia s medieval culture influenced eastern orthodox christianity , georgian orthodox , apostolic church, promoted , sponsored creation of many works of religious devotion. these included churches , monasteries, works of art such icons, , hagiographies of georgian saints. in addition, many secular works of national history, mythology, , hagiography written.

ecclesiastical art

the icon martvili (10th century)

medieval georgian icons renowned being among finest creations of orthodox religious art. notable examples include:

the icon of 886 zarzma monastery
the icon of 9th century tsilkani
the famous wonderworking iberian icon of mother of god (10th century)
the icon of 10th century okona
the icon of our lady of khakhuli of 12th century
the icon of st. george of 11th century labechina
the icon of st. george of 11th century nakipari
the icon of 12th century anchiskhati
the icon of 14th century ubisa
the icon of 16th century alaverdi

ecclesiastical monuments

a page rare 12th century gelati gospel depicting nativity art museum of georgia in tbilisi.

well-known monuments of georgian christian architecture include:

the georgian church in bethlehem (4th century)
the church of gavazi (4th century) in akhalsopeli (kvareli district of kakheti region)
akaurta church (5th century) in bolnisi district (kvemo kartli region)
ikalto monastery complex (5th-7th centuries) (kakheti)
sioni church (5th century) in bolnisi
monastery of shio mghvime (6th century)
davidgareja monastery complex (6th-7th centuries)
jvari monastery in mtskheta (6th century)
anchiskhati church (6th century) in tbilisi
nekresi monastery complex (4th-9th centuries) in kakheti
sioni church (7th century) in ateni
petritsoni monastery in bulgaria (11th century)
the georgian monastery (10th century) on black mountain in syria
the georgian iveron monastery on athos (10th century)
svetitskhoveli cathedral in mtskheta (11th century)
opiza monastery (10th century) in tao-klarjeti (now territory of turkey)
monastery doliskana (10th century) in tao-klarjeti (now territory of turkey)
monastery otkhta-eklesia in tao-klarjeti (now territory of turkey)
oshki monastery (10th century) in tao-klarjeti (now territory of turkey)
gelati monastery (11th century) in kutaisi
sioni cathedral (11th century) in tbilisi
alaverdi church (11th century) in kakheti
monastery samtavro (12th century) in mtskheta
vardzia monastery (12th century) in meskheti
gialia monastery (10th-16th centuries) in cyprus

well-known georgian painters damiane (13th century), anania (15th century), mamuka tavakarashvili (17th century), etc.

the works of famous georgian goldsmiths, beka , beshken opizari (11th century), outstanding contributions world art.

literary , other written works


the manuscript of knight in panther s skin (16th century)

important georgian literary works of pre-christian period are:

amiraniani, ancient georgian folk epos.

notable georgian written works medieval period include:

martyrdom of holy queen shushanik iakob tsurtaveli (the oldest surviving work of georgian literature written between 476 , 483)
corpus areopagiticum, philosophical , theological work attributed peter iberian (5th century)
the life of saint nino (8th century) (anon)
the martyrdom of abo tbileli ioane sabanisdze (8th century)
the life of grigol khandzteli giorgi merchule (10th century)
ustsoro karabadini (peerless karabadini) (10th century)
a history of georgian kings ( tskhovreba kartvelta mepeta ) leonti mroveli (11th century)
a history of royal house of bagrationi sumbat davitisdze (11th century)
eteriani, folk epic (c. 11th century)
life of king farnavaz (anon) (11th century)
tamariani ioane chakhrukhadze (12th century)
shen khar venakhi ( thou art vineyard ), famous georgian hymn king demetre bagrationi (12th century)
vepkhistkaosani (the knight in panther s skin), national epic poem shota rustaveli (12th century)
abdulmesiani ioane shavteli (13th century)
kartlis tskhovreba (history of georgia), collection of old georgian chronicles (from ancient times 14th century)




^ baramidze, georgian literature