This two-volume set focuses on the material and visual cultures of one of the central territories in the premodern world: the Southern Caucasus, the stretch of land joining the Caspian and Black Seas, Eastern Europe, and Western Asia. This transcontinental and transcultural region has been a land of fascination and awe due to its uncommon material and visual culture since the birth of art history. This unique place also inspired a darker response: covetousness, colonial and orientalist desires, and violent nationalism and conflict. These two volumes form the main result of a project co-funded by the Swiss National Research Foundation and the Czech Science Foundation. The regional complexity of the Southern Caucasus is here explored through two distinct but complementary perspectives.