Erek Cathedral - Erek Cathedral

Japanese: エレルク聖堂 - えれるくせいどう
Erek Cathedral - Erek Cathedral

...Armenian art occupies an important place in Eastern Christian art as a unique and outstanding form of medieval art, and its influence extends not only to Middle Byzantine art and medieval Russian art, but also to Western Europe.
[Architecture]
The distinctive features of Armenian art are expressed in the imposing cathedral (church) architecture, which is built in a balanced linear style with a high conical cupola at its center. No other region has so loved the centralized architecture with a cupola as this one, and has experimented with various styles of it.

*Some of the terminology referenced in the "Eleruc Cathedral" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アルメニアの美術は,すぐれた独自の中世美術として東方キリスト教美術のなかで重要な地位を占め,その影響は中期ビザンティン美術やロシア中世美術のみならず,西ヨーロッパにもおよんでいる。
[建築]
 アルメニア美術の特色ある姿は,高い円錐形のクーポラ(円蓋)を中心として均衡よく築かれた直線形のいかめしい聖堂(教会堂)建築に発揮されている。この地ほど円蓋をいただく集中式建築を愛好して,そのさまざまの形式を試みているところは他に類例をみない。…

※「エレルク聖堂」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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