Central Asian Art
Central Asian Art (Temporis Collection) by Vladimir Lukonin, Anthony Ivanov
English | ISBN: 1780420188, 1780428944 | 2012 | EPUB | 256 pages | 18 MB
English | ISBN: 1780420188, 1780428944 | 2012 | EPUB | 256 pages | 18 MB
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 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.