Urban Development in the Cities of Georgia from 1801 to 1918

Essays presented in the book have been written by David Khoshtaria, Manon Liluashvili, Natia Natsvlishvili, and Giorgi Chanishvili. They highlight the evolution of urban planning and architectural design in five major Georgian cities (Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Batumi, Poti, and Akhaltsikhe) and two spa towns (Borjomi and Abastumani). Aspects of urban history are discussed in a broader political, economic, social, and cultural context.

Fortified Historic Settlements in Northern Mtianeti of Georgia

Authors: Irine ElIzbarashvili, Manana Suramelashvili and Tsitsino Chachkhunashvili

490 pages

The main theme of the book is the traditional architecture and urban heritage of medieval fortified settlements preserved on the border line of Georgia’s Northern Mtianeti. Along with the material found during intensive field investigations, the book includes explored existing graphic material, historic, archaeological, ethnographic data and folklore.

The book presents the first attempt of a complex investigation of Georgia’s architectural heritage of Northern Mtianeti border line settlements. The financial support of the project (FR/216/1-40/14) is the Shota Rustaveli National Scientific Foundation.

Authors: M. Liluashvili, D. Khoshtaria and
N. Chichinadze.

Tbilisi. 2018. 160 pp.

An illustrated book considers activity of the Greeks from Ponto who in the 19^th century in several phases came to settle in Georgia. Their activity was based on samples of architecture, mural painting, easel painting, or liturgical art. Nearly all corners of the 19^th and the beginning of the 20^th centuries Georgia bear significant traces of Greek craftsmen – stonemasons and iconographers. This book serves to expose a general picture of their work.

Authors: Vakhtang Beridze, Dimitri Tumanishvili.

Tbilisi, 2018. 172 pp.

“Culture and Artistic Life in the First Republic of Georgia (1918-1921)” is a publication, dedicated to the short-lived independence of the country, containing two essays: “Culture and Art in the Independent Georgia (1918-1921) by Vakhtang Beridze and “Architecture and Construction Activities in 1917-1920 Georgia” by Dimitri Tumanishvili. The book is richly illustrated with the artworks of 1918-1921, photographs of the personalities active in that time period and various historical documents, the full English translation of the Georgian text is provided and the annotations are attached to the illustrations.

Medieval Georgian Sculpture
Authors: T. Dadiani, E. Kvachatadze, T. Khundadze
424pp.

The book represents a final stage of a multi-year research project financed by the Rustaveli Foundation. The edition “Medieval Georgian Sculpture” includes a lot of unpublished material, as well as well-known reliefs the photographs of which have been taken again. The edition helps to create an uninterrupted picture of development of Medieval Georgian sculpture. Moreover, as far as the main trend of the book has scientific character it represents extensive studies which together with the material create a full picture of development of the mention branch in the above pointed chronological period.

Alexander (Shura Bandzeladze)

Authors: S. Lezhava, M. Gachechiladze, K. Kintsurashvili, T. Belashvili.

Tbilisi, 2017. 264pp.

The book shows off the development of the artist Alexander (Shura) Bandzeladze. The edition is richly illustrated and presents the artist’s paintings, graphic works, book illumination, sculpture and church monumental painting as well. Along with the visual material the edition presents extensive art history textual material, which includes independent texts of four authors. The artist is introduces both in historic and general cultural context.

Jani Medzmariashvili. Painting. Graphics

Tbilisi, 2016.

Authors: Dali Lebanidze, Marina Medzmariashvili.

112 pp. 110 illustrations. (In Georgian and English).

The book is dedicated to creative works of Jani Medzmariashvili, one of the 50s-60s generation of Georgian artists of the 20th century. A large spectrum of the artist’s paintings or graphic pieces are presented in the general historic-cultural context.

ARCHITECTURE AND IDENTITY: CHURCH BUILDING IN TBILISI (1801-1918)

Tbilisi, 2016

Edited by David Khoshtaria.

The book contains 264 pages and 192 illustrations.

The book is a result of a two-year research project supported by the Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation. The conducted research implied multidimensional attitude towards the history of church architecture, with the use of methods of the sociology of religion and identity studies. The book is a collection of eleven research papers by six contributors, which deal with various aspects of the project subject.