{{churcht|ID=9614|img=no|dmodify=23.02.2007 23:54:09}}CHURCH OF S{{Организация| имя-ру-01 = Церковь Св. Григория Просветителя | имя-ориг = Гагикашен| имя-анг =| имя-арм =| имя-фра =| состояние текста = 1| состояние поиска = 1| состояние тэгов = 1| состояние ссылок = 1| флаг чистовик =ё7<!-- Код организации: 1 – Учебное заведение, 2 – Общественная организация,3 – Библиотека, 4 – Музей, 5 – театр,6 - СМИ, 7 - Церковь, 8 - Коммерческая организация, 9 - Спортивные организации --->| код организации 1=7| сокращение =| изображение =| девиз =| вид заведения =| основание дата =| основатель =| руководитель =| местонахождение=| филиалы =<!-- Церковь ---><!-- Конфессии: 1 – Армянская апостольская церковь, 2 – Армянская католическая церковь, 3 – другие церкви --->| конфессии =1<!-- Состояние: 1 – действующая церковь, 2 – церковь-памятник ,3 – несохранившиеся церкви --->| состояние =2| епархия, приход =| адрес =| телефон-факс =| эл. GREGORY THE ILLUMAINTOR (GAGIKASHEN) почта =| ссылка 1 =http://armenianstudies.csufresno.edu/iaa_architecture/gagikashen.htm| ссылка 2 =| тэг 1 =| тэг 2 =| тэг 3 =| тэг 4 =| тэг 5 =}}
GAGIKASHEN CHURCH OF S. GREGORY THE ILLUMAINTOR (build by Gagik)
Type: Tetraconch church
Location: Northwest part of the city of Ani
Date: early XIth c, about 1000AD
Evidence for date: texts
Important details: statue of architect, now lost
State of preservation: in ruins
Reconstructions:
Summary: The church is located in the northwest part of the city of Ani. (Monument #15 on the map by Marr).
S. Gregory was a tetraconch church inscribed within a circle, on a stepped foundation and with a central dome resting on four massive piers. A circular ambulatory encompasses the four conchae which were open exedrae, each with six columns. The exterior was polygonal with 36 sides. According to reconstruction by T'oramanyan, Marut'yan, and Mnac'akanyan, the church had three tiers made up of cylinders of diminishing size set one above the other. Each level was ornamented with blind arcades set on double columns, and enclosing narrow windows. The arches of the lower level were surmounted by a band of sculpture and a row of round windows. The architect followed the plan of Zuart'noc (a-0006, 7th cent.), but introduced some new features. He increased the central cruciform space and the number of planes of the exterior (from 32 to 36) and omitted the rectangular east chamber (one was added to S. Gregory subsequently) as found at Zuart'noc. He also changed the proportions of the interior elements, constructed an exedra for the east apse instead of a solid wall, and used different decorative elements in the reliefs.
=Bibliography:=*BROSSET, M. Les Ruines d'Ani, St. Petersbourg, 1861, pp. 105-106.*RIVOIRA, G.T. Architettura Musulmana: Sue Origini e Suo Sviluppo, Milan, 1914, p. 238.*STRZYGOWSKI, J. Die Baukunst der Armenier und Europa, 2 Vols., Vienna, 1918, pp. 119-121, 453-454.*T'ORAMANYAN, T'OROS, Nyut'er Haykakan Cartarapetut'yan Patmut'yan, 2 Vols., 1942-1948, Vol. I, pp. 270-281, Vol. 2, pp. 47-48, 106-107, 257-259.*LEVONYAN, G. "Cartarapet Trdat Anec'in ev ir Gorcere", (The Architect Trdat of Ani and his Works), Ejmiacin, No. 1-2, 1949, pp. 68-69.*JAKOBSON, I.A. Ocerki Po Istorii Armianskoi Architektury (Essay on the History of Armenian Architecture), Moscow and Leningrad, 1950, pp. 68-69.*HOVHANESIAN, K. The Architect Trdat, Erevan, 1951, pp. 59-83. imag