King tiridates with his wife ashkhen and sister khosrovidukht by naghash hovnatan. Sergei parajanov georgianborn armenian film director made a short documentary about him in. This page was last edited on 6 september 2019, at 18. They include five generations from 17th to 19th centuries. Films of outstanding armenian filmmaker sergei parajanov 19241990 are distinctly. In the second half of the documentary, parajanov presents the historical centre of tbilisi, where hovnatanyan used to. A documentary film about the great georgian outsider artist niko pirosmani. Hakob hovnatanyan 1967 hakob hovnatanyan 1967 user. Combining sights and sounds from both hovnatanyan s paintings and 19th century tbilisi, parajanovs short documentary can be seen as a direct precursor to the colour of pomegranates 1969, his masterpiece. In association with kino klassika, the ica is proud to present the uk premiere of a new restoration of sergei parajanovs influential short film hakob hovnatanyan, followed by kino klassikas annual christmas screening of eldar ryazanovs 1950s musical comedy, carnival night. Hakob hovnatanyan 1967 directed by sergei parajanov. Hakob hovnatanyan about the nineteenth century portrait painter hovnatanyan, known as the raphael of tiflis 1967, 10 minutes and arabesques on the pirosmani theme about georgian outsider artist niko pirosmani 1985, 21 minutes.
Kevork mourads four acts for syria followed by hakob. Hacob hovantanyan who was also called as the raphael of tiflis, was founder of modern armenian painting school and one of the masters in portraiture, illustration and. Showing before it at londons ica is the russian cinema foundation kino klassikas restored version of sergei parajanovs wordless 10minute film hakob hovnatanyan from 1967, a visual and thematic precursor to his rhapsodic masterpiece the colour of pomegranates. Kino klassika undertakes its first restoration project in partnership with the national cinema centre of armenia, fixafilm poland and filmmaker and programmer daniel bird to restore parajanovs documentary film hakob hovnatanyan 1967. Hovnatanians are originally from the village of shorot, yernjak district in nakhichevan now. Bird to restore parajanovs documentary film hakob hovnatanyan 1967. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times.
Showing before it at londons ica is the russian cinema foundation kino klassikas restored version of sergei parajanovs wordless 10minute film hakob hovnatanyan from 1967, a visual and. This later work is often seen as a companion piece to hakob hovnatanyan 1967, since it also takes its subject from a famous painter. Download press release for sergei parajanovs restored hakob. The film explores the work of the 19thcentury portrait painter, hakob hovnatanyan. Kevork mourad kevork mourad, 2019, 14 minutes following four acts for syria is the american premiere of two restored shorts by sergei parajanov. Legendary filmmaker sergei parajanov offers an overview of the portrait painting of the man called the raphael of tiflis, hakob hovnatanyan 1806. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Hacob hovantanyan who was also called as the raphael of tiflis, was founder of modern armenian painting school and one. Listed as a short documentary, it only fulfills the visual certification of being of being so, much in the same fashion as how hiroshi teshigahara filmed a documentary on antoni gaudi and allowed his architecture to speak for itself with no narration or dialogue. Portrait of melikishvili by hakob hovnatanyan, the georgian museum of fine arts, tbilisi. From sergei parajanovs film hakob hovnatanyan parajanov. Hakob hovnatanyan,an overview of the portrait painting of.
A distinguished member of the artistic dynasty of hovnatanyan portrait painters, hakob is widely seen as the founder of modern armenian painting and a master of portraiture and miniatures. Sergei parajanovs films include the color of pomegranates, shadows of forgotten ancestors, the legend of the suram fortress, ashik kerib. Hakob hovnatanyan 18061881 hakob hovnatanyan was born in 1806 into the hovnatanyan family of painters that included five generations of artists from the 17th to the 19th centuries. Hakop, one of the esteemed members of the hovnatanyan family, which became famous throughout generations as portrait painters, is known as the founder of armenian painting and as a master of portrait and miniature. The life of revered the 18thcentury armenian poet and musician sayatnova vilen galstyan.
Showing before it at londons ica is the russian cinema foundation kino klassikas restored version of sergei parajanovs wordless 10minute film hakob hovnatanyan from 1967, a. Sayat nova was banned by soviet authorities, reedited and renamed the color of pomegranate. Selections include educational films, home movies, industry and government films, student films, and anthropological films. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. Details of works by hakob hovnatanyan filmed by sergei parajanov. Watch online free of cost armenian film a hakob hovnatanyan in high quality in the armfilm cinema. Hakob was a representative of the last generation of the hovnatanyan painter, learning the arts from his father an icon painter. Legendary filmmaker sergei parajanov offers an overview of the portrait painting of the man called the raphael of tiflis, hakob hovnatanyan. This later work is often seen as a companion piece to hakob hovnatanyan. Sergei parajanov sheds light on the portrait drawing of the painter hakob hovnatanyan 1806 1881, known as the rafael of tbilisi. Hakob hovnatanyan 1967 free download rare movies cinema.
Hakob hovnatanyan about the nineteenth century portrait painter hovnatanyan, known as the raphael of tiflis 1967, 10 minutes and arabesques on the pirosmani theme about georgian outsider. By filming the detail and themes of his colourful paintings, parajanov creates an engaging and mysterious portrait of georgia itself. Portraying events in the life of the artist from childhood up to his death, the movie addresses in particular his relationships with women, including his muse sofiko chiaureli. He was a member of the hovnatanyan family, a miniaturists dynasty from the 17th to the 19th centuries. Sergei parajanov was a soviet director of armenian descent, regarded as one of the 20th centurys most outstanding filmmakers. With tommy steele, stanley baker, alan badel, dudley foster. Exploring the art of armenian portraitist hakob hovnatanyan, parajanov revives the culture of tbilisi of the. May 5, 20 from sergei parajanovs film hakob hovnatanyan. It is worth mentioning that hakob hovnatanyan was made shortly before parajanovs most famous film, the colour of pomegranates, which showcases the directors individual style, so esteemed among cinephiles. Hakob hovnatanyan is a fairly inconsequential short film from sergei parajanov.
To the dismay of everyone working on the entertainment. Presented as part of parajanov, with sarkis exhibition, pera films rebel. New haven sda temple brooklyn, ny recommended for you. A crater on the planet mercury is named after hakob hovnatanian. This program brings together three remarkable short works by radical armeniangeorgian filmmaker and artist sergei parajanovmeditations on the nature of art and artists that boast his singular, colorful, collagelike styleand iranian director forough farrokhzads the house is black, a compassionate, poetic depiction of people living in a leper colony in northern iran. In his tenminute short film of 1967, hakob hovnatanyan, filmmaker sergei parajanov uses portraiture to paint a portrait of the eponymous armenian portraitist, hakob hovnatanyan. Three short films by sergei parajanov film at lincoln center. The georgianborn armenian director shot it after completing the script and.
Kiev frescoes 1966, consisting of the remaining footage of a confiscated project about postwwii kiev. Exploring the art of armenian portraitist hakob hovnatanyan, parajanov revives the culture of. Hakob hovnatanyan 1967 by sergei parajanov kino klassika. Following four acts for syria is the american premiere of two restored shorts by sergei parajanov. In his short documentary film about the artist, parajanov. With a playful associative montage, parajanov offers an overview of portrait paintings by hakob hovnatanyan, the raphael of tiflis. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. If it is hard to catch the meaning of the previous sentence on a first reading, it is perhaps proof of how easily parajanovs film slips from our grasp. Hakob hovnatanyan 1967 telluride film festival friday 31st august monday 3rd september 2018 the national cinema centre of armenia yerevan, in association with fixa.