The Arts of the Book in Central Asia, 14th-16th Centuries
Author : Basil Gray
Publisher :
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 29,61 MB
Release : 1979-01-01
Category : Asia, Central
ISBN : 9780906026021
Ancient Arts of Central Asia
Author : Tamara Talbot Rice
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 35,14 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780500200308
Book Description
Central Asian Art
Author : Vladimir Lukonin
Publisher : Parkstone International
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 18,45 MB
Release : 2012-06-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 1780428944
Book Description
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.
A Companion to Islamic Art and Architecture
Author : Finbarr Barry Flood
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1442 pages
File Size : 48,63 MB
Release : 2017-06-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 1119068576
Book Description
The two-volume Companion to Islamic Art and Architecture bridges the gap between monograph and survey text by providing a new level of access and interpretation to Islamic art. The more than 50 newly commissioned essays revisit canonical topics, and include original approaches and scholarship on neglected aspects of the field. This two-volume Companion showcases more than 50 specially commissioned essays and an introduction that survey Islamic art and architecture in all its traditional grandeur Essays are organized according to a new chronological-geographical paradigm that remaps the unprecedented expansion of the field and reflects the nuances of major artistic and political developments during the 1400-year span The Companion represents recent developments in the field, and encourages future horizons by commissioning innovative essays that provide fresh perspectives on canonical subjects, such as early Islamic art, sacred spaces, palaces, urbanism, ornament, arts of the book, and the portable arts while introducing others that have been previously neglected, including unexplored geographies and periods, transregional connectivities, talismans and magic, consumption and networks of portability, museums and collecting, and contemporary art worlds; the essays entail strong comparative and historiographic dimensions The volumes are accompanied by a map, and each subsection is preceded by a brief outline of the main cultural and historical developments during the period in question The volumes include periods and regions typically excluded from survey books including modern and contemporary art-architecture; China, Indonesia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Sicily, the New World (Americas)
The Art of Central Asia
Author : Benjamin Rowland
Publisher :
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,90 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Art
ISBN :
Book Description
Culture and Customs of the Central Asian Republics
Author : Rafis Abazov
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 25,96 MB
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
Table of Contents: Series Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Note on Transliteration Chronology Introduction: Land, People, and History Folklore and Literature Media and Cinema Performing Arts Visual Arts Architecture Gender, Courtship, and Marriage Festivals, Fun, and Leisure Glossary Selected Bibliography Index.
Central Asian Painting
Author : Mario Bussagli
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 24,78 MB
Release : 1979
Category : Art
ISBN :
Book Description
Presents a portrait of this vast and unknown region and an appreciation of its multiform art and history.
Imagination without Borders
Author : Laura Hein
Publisher : U of M Center For Japanese Studies
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 30,24 MB
Release : 2010-01-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1929280637
Book Description
Tomiyama Taeko, a Japanese visual artist born in 1921, is changing the way World War II is remembered in Japan, Asia, and the world. Her work deals with complicated moral and emotional issues of empire and war responsibility that cannot be summed up in simple slogans, which makes it compelling for more than just its considerable beauty. Japanese today are still grappling with the effects of World War II, and, largely because of the inconsistent and ambivalent actions of the government, they are widely seen as resistant to accepting responsibility for their nation’s violent actions against others during the decades of colonialism and war. Yet some individuals, such as Tomiyama, have produced nuanced and reflective commentaries on those experiences, and on the difficulty of disentangling herself from the priorities of the nation despite her lifelong political dissent. Tomiyama’s sophisticated visual commentary on Japan’s history—and on the global history in which Asia is embedded—provides a compelling guide through the difficult terrain of modern historical remembrance, in a distinctively Japanese voice.
Big Bucks: The Explosion of the Art Market in the 21st Century
Author : Ms Georgina Adam
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 24,71 MB
Release : 2014-08-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 1848221584
Book Description
This highly readable and timely book explores the transformation of the modern and contemporary art market in the 21st century from a niche trade to a globalised operation worth an estimated $50 billion a year. Drawing on her personal experience, the author describes in fascinating detail the contributions made by a range of actors and institutions to these recent developments. The author's engaging style makes this informative text ideal for collectors, students, and anyone interested in learning more about the evolution of the unprecedented market for art which exists today.
The Music of Central Asia, Ebook 2
Author : Theodore Levin
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 15,68 MB
Release : 2016-12-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 0253029228
Book Description
This beautiful and informative enhanced ebook—so comprehensive it had to be split into two volumes, ebook 1 and ebook 2—offers a detailed introduction to the musical heritage of Central Asia for readers and listeners worldwide. Music of Central Asia balances "insider" and "outsider" perspectives with contributions by 27 authors from 14 countries. This stunning electronic book allows readers the opportunity to deeply engage with source material through over 180 embedded audio and video, pop-up study questions, transliterations and translations of performed texts, and direct links to the companion website (www.musicofcentralasia.org). The audio and video examples include transliterations and translations of the performed texts and a follow-along feature highlights the song lyrics in the text, as the audio samples play. This generously illustrated book is supplemented with boxes and sidebars, musician profiles, and an illustrated glossary of musical instruments, making it an indispensable resource for both general readers and specialists. Ebook 1 includes part I, "Music and Culture in Central Asia," an introductory overview of the music and musical instruments of Central Asia, and part II, "The Nomadic World," which focuses on music and musical life in historically nomadic regions of Central Asia. Ebook 2 contains part III, "The World of Sedentary Dwellers," which focuses on music and musical life in historically settled regions of Central Asia, and part IV, "Central Asian Music in the Age of Globalization," which addresses "the future of the past," focusing on cultural revitalization and renewal, tradition-based popular music, and contemporary music inspired but not constrained by tradition.
