Central Asian Art
Silk Road legacies of nomads, empires, and traditionsBy Vladimir Lukonin, Anatoly Ivanov
Length3h 11m
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The strict prohibition on the representation of the human form has channeled artistic creation into architecture and architectural decoration. This book is a magical tour through Central Asia - Khirgizia, Tadjikistan, Turkmenia, and Uzbekistan - a cradle of Ancient civilisations and are pository of the Oriental arts inspired by Buddhism and Islam. There are magnificent, full-colour photographs of the abandoned cities of Mervand Urgench, Khiva, the capital of the Kharezm, with its mausoleum of Sheikh Seid Allahuddin,and, the Golden Road to Samarkand, the Blue City, a center of civilisation for 2,500 years.
form has channeled artistic creation into architecture and architectural decoration. This book is a magical tour through Central Asia - Khirgizia, Tadjikistan, Turkmenia, and Uzbekistan - a cradle of Ancient civilisations and a repository of the Oriental arts inspired by Buddhism and Islam. There are magnificent, full-colour photographs of the abandoned cities of Mervand Urgench, Khiva, the capital of the Kharezm, with its mausoleum of Sheikh Seid Allahuddin, and, the Golden Road to Samarkand, the Blue City, a center of civilisation for 2,500 years.
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Table of contents
1CENTRAL CENTRAL ASIA ART ASIA ART NN
2permission of the copyright holder, throughout the world. Unless otherwise
3Index
4A Brief Glance at History
5Persia, and in part of Mesopotamia), the Greco-Bactrians, the Kushans (which
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6Hellenistic, Indo-Buddhist, and South Persian, whereas in the North-East, the central
7Tilya-Kori Madrasah. Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
8Muslim culture.
9The Ark, fortress. Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
10Summer emcampment on the road from Kyzyl Bel to Kyrgyzstan.
11Portal and Kalta Minor, details of Kunya-Ark Citadel. Khiva, Uzbekistan.
12Architecture
13Triumph of Islam
14intermediary place between civil and religious architecture (mausoleums). This
15Main iwan vault, Mir-i Arab Madrasah, 17th century. Bukhara, Uzbekistan.
16The art of decoration
17the East by mathematics and particularly by applied geometry.
18Tilya-Kori Madrasah, 17th century. Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
19lines, the naskhi.
20Predominance of religious art
21Dome of a mosque with Oriental decoration. Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
22Islam Khoja Minaret, Khiva, Uzbekistan. (p. 40)
23The golden age of the builders
24Pahlavan Mahmud Mausoleum, 19th-20th century. Khiva, Uzbekistan.
25Khoja-Akhmad Mausoleum, 14th century. Samarkand, Uzbekistan. (p. 47)
26Architechtural details, Sher-Dor Madrasah. Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
27Abdullahkhan Madrasahs, the Ulugh Beg and Abdul Aziz Madrasahs at Bukhara.
28appearance, with its majestic madrasahs, its mosques and their minarets, its
29Tradition and modernity
30Sculpture
31Hellenistic contributions
32Bactrian-Kushan where Huvishka, king of the Kushan, Shodiya, the founder of the
33wives half their size, the noblemen even smaller.
34Khwarezm sculptures
35Sogdian sculptures
36Bactrian sculptures
37Bodhisattvas, monks, orants, and other deities.
38face and the ancient expression of profound meditation and great wisdom that
39Mythological art
40Megalithic art
41Figurines
42belong the Arsacids, the Kushan monarchs, and the Kangui governors before they
43out of the Khorassan legends.
44Ossuaries
45with moulds.
46the world of the dead.
47The revival of independant art
48Monumental Painting and Illumination
49Monumental painting
50Varakhcha and Afrasiab, in the numerous private houses, palaces, and temples
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