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Recent massacres, earthquakes, demonstrations and bombings in Armenia throw an upcoming slide talk, "Lost Treasure: The Story of Armenian Art," into striking relief-a relief you might say is worthy of the raised carvings on the country's church walls.
"Armenians carved images of kings and saints on the outside of churches as early as the 5th Century," said Lucy Der Manuelian, who will deliver the one-hour talk Sunday at the Orange County Department of Education in Costa Mesa. "Sculpture on the outside of churches suddenly shows up in Western Europe six centuries later.
"It hasn't been easy to study Armenian monuments. Access, and permission to photograph, has been difficult. That's why I call Armenian art a lost treasure. It's an unfinished detective story, but it deserves a place in the history of art."
Der Manuelian is a Tufts University professor of...