THE IMAGE OF PATRIOTISM OF TIGRAN THE GREAT HIGH TIP

Abstract

The article briefly discusses the image of Tigran the Great (95-55 BC) in the field of literature, sculpture, painting, and music. His image was presented as the supreme symbol of patriotism.

Armenian artistic authors almost did not refer to the image of Tigran the Great. Only historians have reflected within the framework of the topic. Meanwhile, in the years 1684-1858, a new "Tigran" opera was born on European stages every decade. The reason was perhaps the absence of Armenia's independence and state thinking. The image of the Armenian king has been referred to by Armenian authors since the first half of the 1940s, during the Soviet Patriotic War. In order to raise the patriotic and fighting spirit of the Soviet people fighting against fascism, historical figures were presented in art, literature and other fields. Tigran the Great, the embodiment of the patriotic spirit, unbreakable perseverance, physica and mental strength, the bearer of the idea of victories and world domination, became a popular figure. Since that period, historical works, paintings and sculptures dedicated to Tigran the Great, with a patriotic orientation, have been created. Each of them has a great contribution in popularizing the image of the greatest Armenian ruler, Tigran the Great. There is still no known king in the world, whose image has moved and fascinated European composers as much as the image of Tigran the Great. We already know 41 operas in which Tigran the Second plays a major role. Among those operas, Vivaldi's Tigran is more popular. First of all, they embodied the idea of unconditional dedication to the motherland.