Central Asian Art

Silk Road legacies of nomads, empires, and traditionsBy Vladimir Lukonin, Anatoly Ivanov
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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.

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GenreOther
Length2 hrs 54 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 15, 2015
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Introduction
26Illumination
2A Brief Glance at History
27Styles
3Architecture
28The schools
4Triumph of Islam
29The modern miniaturists and their successors
5The art of decoration
30The Decorative Arts
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6Predominance of religious art
31Ceramics
7The golden age of the builders
32Antiquity
8Tradition and modernity
33The Middle Ages
9Sculpture
34Modern times
10Statuary
35Metals
11Hellenistic contributions
36The Middle Ages
12Buddhist influence
37The art of engraving of Tokharistan
13Khwarezm sculptures
38The art of engraving of Kharezm
14Sogdian sculptures
39The art of engraving of Sogdian
15Bactrian sculptures
40The art of engraving of the north-east
16The early Middle Ages
41Post-Mongolian times
17Buddhist art
42The contemporary period
18Mythological art
43The Goldsmith’s trade
19Megalithic art
44Antiquity and the Middle Ages
20Figurines
45Modern times
21Ossuaries
46Schools of the goldsmith’s trade
22The revival of independant art
47Women’s jewellery
23Monumental Painting and Illumination
48The Craft industry
24Monumental painting
49Glass
25Palace frescos
50Ivory work

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