Trip

Oriental chic of the merchant Arshakuni: a tour of the Tbilisi Academy of Arts

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutesWhere we start: opposite the main entrance to the Academy of Arts.Where we end: in the large hall of the Academy of Arts. After which you can still walk around the halls on your own and take photos. Organizational aspects: IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED to take with you unnecessary outerwear (down jackets, coats) and bulky items (backpacks, hand luggage); The price of the excursion includes tickets to the museum at the Academy of Arts; You will recognize our guide by the sign “Tbilisi through the eyes of an engineer”; Radio guides will be used during the excursion, to which headphones issued by the guide are connected. For convenience, you can use your own wired headphones (mini jack 3.5 mm connector); Pre-registration for the event is required! If you have any difficulties with the design on the site, please write to us at tbilisi@engineer-history.ru and we will find a solution. Start at: 14:00

Tbilisi

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Description

The Academy of Arts is one of the most mysterious buildings in the city. It was completed many times, rebuilt, and the decoration of the lobbies and halls was updated. It is sometimes difficult to determine what belongs to the original plan of the merchant Arshakuni, who decided to amaze the townspeople with oriental chic, and what appeared in the next century and a half of the existence of the house-palace, like a chameleon.

During the excursion you:

You will see the luxurious ceremonial suite of halls that amazed the townspeople in the 19th century;
Consider the restoration of the murals in the academy's lobbies;
You will learn about the purpose and types of the most important element of oriental architecture - the muqarna frieze.

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Engineer's View Tbilisi

Tbilisi

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