Название: Central Asian Art (Temporis Collection)
Автор(ы): Vladimir Lukonin, Anthony Ivanov
Издательство: Parkstone
Год: 2012
ISBN: 1780420188
Страниц: 256
Язык: English
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 104 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.