Talk:Armenian architecture

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[edit] Subject title

First thought: the redirect should be redirected. "Architecture of Armenia" is clearly an inaccurate term to use. "Armenian Architecture" should be the correct term because: 1/ Most Armenian architecture lies outside of the present-day borders of Armenia. 2/ Much Armenian architecture lies outside of the borders of historical Armenia, such as in Georgia, or in western Turkey. 3/ Much of the architecture of present-day Armenia shows no specifically-Armenian stylistic features. Meowy 20:40, 29 July 2007 (UTC)

I agree. Any objections towards a page move?The Myotis (talk) 14:40, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
My main question is, should architecture be capitalised in the proposed new title? Andrewa (talk) 03:22, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
Well, I don't believe it makes much of a difference, but in what I have seen for most articles on Architectural styles, "architecture" is usually not capitalized. The Myotis (talk) 04:21, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
In which case, the move should be to Armenian architecture. Andrewa (talk) 05:13, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
Well, can you move it? Or do we have to re-submit a move request over the issue of capitalization? The Myotis (talk) 05:27, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
If (as seems likely) we establish a consensus here that the name should be Armenian architecture, then I or any number of other admins will be glad to move it to that title. The rules are a means to an end. Our only objective is building an encyclopedia. Andrewa (talk) 08:32, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] tuff or tufa

Looking at the two pages, the correct stone seems to be tuff rather than tufa, but I wanted to check before just changing it. Also perhaps there should be some mention of the distinctive pink tone of much of the tuff used in Armenia - though that's more in modern buildings than in traditional churches, which are more often gray or a combination of orange and black. Fasrad (talk) 03:53, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Tufa is the variety of stone mentioned by the sources, and the Tufa article mentions it is common in Armenia. While it is possible the source misstates the stone type and the presence of tufa in Armenia is coincidental, I would like this confirmed by another independent source before changing it. The Myotis (talk) 04:43, 12 March 2008 (UTC)
Thanks! I'm not a geologist, so I hesitate to change it - but what I saw in Armenia was described to me several times as being volcanic in origin. Much of it was lightweight, easily broken, and foamed with bubbles like other volcanic rock I've seen. If anyone else has any knowledge about this, I'd appreciate them sharing it. Fasrad (talk) 20:59, 2 May 2008 (UTC)