Art Historian, Chief Researcher of the Centre, Prof. Dr.
Research field: History of the Late Antique and Early Christian plastic art, genesis of the Georgian Christian art, Georgian metalwork, Christian iconography,
modern Georgian fine arts.
Activity: Full Professor of Tbilisi Academy of Arts, lectures on history of Ancient World Art, Faculty of Restoration, Art History and Theory, 1999-2006 Head of the Department of Minor Arts of G. Chubinashvili Institute of History of Georgian Art.
Address: I corp., app. 56, Mitskevich str., Tbilisi.
e-mail: kmachabeli@yahoo.fr
- Armaziskhevi Silver Bowl with Antinous Representation, “Sabchota Khelovneba”, N6, 1962;
- Two Silver Bowls from Armaxi, “Moambe”, N3, 1962;
- Les medallions italiens provenants de Georgia, Arte Lombarda, X, 1, 1965;
- Irakli Ochiauri Chasing Work, “Sabchota Khelovneba”, N3, 1967;
- Ashot Kukhi Relief from Tbeti, “Matsne”, N5, 1968;
- Some Issues of the Study of Artistic Silver in Late-Antique Georgia, “Matsne”, N4, 1969;
- Silver Jugs from Armazi, “Dzeglis Megobari”, N17, 1969;
- Silver Phials from Armazi, Tbilisi, 1970;
- Irakli Ochiauri, Moscow, 1971;
- A Silver Patera from Armaziskhevi, “Dzeglis Megobari”, N26, 1972;
- A Silver Tray from Ureki, “Dzeglis Megobari”, N29, 1972;
- A Group of Monuments of Sassanian Toreutics in Georgia, “Matsne”, N3, 1972;
- Georgian Applied Art, collected articles: Georgian Fine Arts, Tbilisi, 1974;
- Alde Kakabadze, “Sabchota Khelovneba”, N10, 1974;
- Guram Gabashvili, “Sabchota Khelovneba”, N4, 1975;
- A Portrait of Marcus Aurelius from Bagineti, “Sabchota Khelovneba”, N7, 1975;
- Silver Utensil Details from Ureki, “Dzeglis Megobari”, N38, 1975;
- Metal-work Art in Ancient Georgia, “Sabchota Khelovneba”, N3, 1976;
- Late-Antique Toreutics in Georgia, Tbilisi, 1976;
- An Artist-Ceramist Revaz Iashvili, “Sabchota Khelovneba”, N7, 1976;
- La toreutique géorgienne de la fin de l’antiquité, Bedi Kartlisa, XXXIV, 1976;
- Tradition in Georgian Medieval Chasing, II International Symposium dedicated to Georgian Art, Tbilisi, 1977;
- From the History of Georgian Secular Chasing Art, “Sabchota Khelovneba”, N10, 1977;
- Basic Problems of Late-Antique Art of Georgia, Antiquity and Antique Traditions in the Culture and Art of the Peoples of the Soviet East, Moscow, 1978;
- On Georgian Secular Chasing Art, Medieval Art, Russia, Georgia, Moscow, 1978;
- An Issue of Traditions in the Medieval Georgian Chasing Art, “Sabchota Khelovneba”, N3, 1979;
- A Sassanian Jug from Svaneti, Ars Georgica, 8, 1980;
- Some Peculiarities of Early Medieval Georgian Plastic Arts, Researches in Georgian Fine Arts, Tbilisi, 1981;
- Alde Kakabadze, Moscow, 1981;
- Tbilisi- Mtskheta, Moscow, 1981 (together with N. Janberidze);
- From Svaneti Treasury, Tbilisi, 1982;
- Some Iconographic Schemes of Early Christian Plastic Arts of Georgia, IV International Symposium dedicated to Georgian Art, Tbilisi, 1983;
- Silver of Ancient Georgia, Tbilisi, 1983;
- From the History of Ancient Georgia Metal Sculpture, collected articles of Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, 1983;
- At the Origins of Ancient Georgian Plastic Arts (an Usaneti Stele), “Sabchota Khelovneba”, N10, 1984;
- Soliko Virsaladze, “Sabchota Khelovneba”, N11, 1984;
- A Statue and a Town, “Sabchota Khelovneba”, N3, 1986;
- An Early Feudal Epoch Monument of Georgian Plastic Arts, “Sabchota Khelovneba”, N10, 1986;
- The Issue of Oriental Elements in the Early Medieval Plastic Arts of Georgia, “Khudozhestvennie Pamyatniki i Problemi Vostoka”, Leningrad, 1986;
- Pictorial Art of the Soviet Georgia, Tbilisi, 1987;
- Some Peculiarities of the Development of Early Christian Georgian Plastic Arts, Ars Georgica, 9, 1987;
- A Stone Cross Depiction on the Ancient Georgian Relief, “Sabchota Khelovneba”, 1, 1988;
- A Stele Fragment from the Village of Nagvarevi, “Matsne”, N2, 1988;
- Davati Stele Place in the System of Medieval Georgian Art, “Sabchota Khelovneba”, 3, 1989;
- The Theme of the Blessed Virgin in the Early Christian Plastic Arts of Georgia, VI International Symposium dedicated to Georgian Art, Tbilisi, 1989;
- Une sculpture géorgienne paléochretienne: la stele du village de Matula. Revue des etudes caucasiennes et caucasiennes, Paris, N3, 1989;
- Zur Erforschung der frühchristlichen georgischen Stelen, Georgica, Heft 12, Jena-Tbilisi, 1989;
- Byzantium and Georgian Art, “Khelovneba”, N9, 1990;
- A Secular Portrait in Early Feudal Georgia, “Khelovneba”, N2, 1991;
- Bronze Censers in Georgia, “Khelovneba”, N6, 1991;
- Les sujets évangeliquessur les steles géorgiennes, Byzance et Géorgie, Athénes, 1991;
- A Stele Fragment from the Village of Satskhenisi, Ars Georgica, 10, Tbilisi, 1992;
- Il sistema figurative delle stele georgiane gel primo medievo, Ex Oriente Lux, Bruxelles, vol. 1, 1992;
- Ancient Christian Symbolism in Medieval Georgian Reliefs (a cross in the Medallion), “Literatura da Khelovneba”, 6, 1992;
- For an Unbiassed Research. About One Attempt of Defining a Sculpture workshop in Early Feudal Epoch Georgia, “Khelovneba”, 9-10, 1992;
- Christian Themes in Ancient Georgian Plastic Arts (a Brdadzori Stone Column), “Khelovneba”, 2, 1993;
- From the History of an Early Medieval Secular Portrait, “Literatura da Khelovneba”, 1, 1993;
- Ancient Christian Symbolism on Georgian Stone Columns, “Spektri”, N1-2, 1993;
- Boris Tsibadze, “Khelovneba”, N1-3, 1994;
- Louis Réau “Medieval Religious Art”, “Khelovneba”, N4-5, 1995;
- The Gospel Themes on Georgian Stone Columns, “Dzeglis Megobari”, N2, 1996;
- La Géorgie et le monde de Byzance (Vie-VIIe ss.), materials of Tbilisi State University International Symposium, Tbilisi, 1996;
- Reliefs on Georgain Stelae within the System of Early Byzantine Arts, Byzantine Studies. Selected Papers, Art History, vol. 3, Moscow, 1996;
- Stéles Géorgiennes en Pierre, Lugano, 1997;
- Ein Werk der europaischen Kleinkunst in Swanetien, Georgica, Heft 20, Yena, 1997;
- Georgian Stone Crosses, Tbilisi, 1998;
- A Portrait in Early Medieval Georgian Plastic Arts (5-6th cc), “Literatura da Khelovneba”, 4, 1998;
- Early Medieval Stelae in Georgia in the Context of Eastern Christian Art, Iberica Caucasica, I, Curzon Press, 1998;
- From the History of Georgian Chased Icons, “Khelovneba”, N5-6, 1999;
- Biblical Themes in Early Medieval Georgian Plastic Arts, papers of a scientific conference dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, 1999;
- Remarques sur I iconographie de la Crucifixion sur les steles géorgiennes. Byzantion, LXX, Bruxelles, 2000;
- Some Aspects of Georgian Chased Icons, “Sametsniero Shromebis Krebuli” of Tbilisi State University, 2000;
- Signs of Belief, “Mnatobi”, N1-2, 2000;
- Georgia and Byzantine World, researches of the Georgian State Museum, 6, Tbilisi, 2001;
- A Stele detail from the Village of Satskhenisi, Monuments of Culture, “Novie Otkritiya”, Moscow, 2001;
- Georgia and Byzantine World. Artistic Aspects. Perception of Byzantium and Its Neighbors, New York, 2001;
- Masterpieces and Centuries, Tbilisi, 2001;
- Study of Decorative-Applied Arts at the G. Chubinashvili Institute of Georgian Art History, “Kartuli Khelovnebis Narkvevebi”, I, Tbilisi, 2001;
- An Icon of the Blessed Virgin on Early Christian Georgian Stone Columns, Ars Georgica, 11, 2001;
- Manaba Mahomedova, an introduction to an album, Makhachkala, 2002;
- New Materials for the History of a Georgian Costume, “Mnatobi”, N5-6, 2002;
- Georgia and the Eastern Christian World, “Kartuli Khelovnebis Narkvevebi”, II, 2002;
- The Blessed Virgin – a Minor Oranta in Georgian Chasing “Sakartvelos Sidzveleni”, N4-5, Tbilisi, 2003;
- Les croix en Pierre géorgiennes et leur place dans l’art du Haut Moyen Age, ΛΑΜΠΉΔΏΝ, t. 2, Ateni, 2003;
- About One Version of the Blessed Virgin – Hodegetria in Georgian Chasing Art, “Kartuli Khelovnebis Narkvevebi”, III, Tbilisi, 2004;
- The Oldest Liturgical Objects in Georgia – Bronze Censers, Logos, III, 2004;
- For the Genesis of Georgian Christian Art, “Twenty Centuries of Christianity in Georgia”, 2004;
- About One Image of the Blessed Virgin in Georgian Chasing Art, Zograf, N30, 2004-05;
- G. Chubinashvili and the Issues of Origins of Georgian Chasing Art, “Kartuli Khelovnebis Narkvevebi”, IV, 2005;
- The Issue of Formation of Christian Iconography (Christmas and Epiphany Compositions on Early Medieval Georgian Reliefs), “Sakartvelos Sidzveleni”, 9, 2006;
- Depiction of the Holy Sepulcher on the Monument of Early Medieval Georgian Art, Monuments of Culture New Discoveries Moscow Nauka, Moscow, 2006;
- Georgian Christian Art. Stone Reliefs, Tbilisi, 2008 (co-author);
- Early Medieval Georgian Stone Crosses, Tbilisi, 2008.