Central Asian Art

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Publication Year:
2012

ISBN-13: 9781780428949

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.