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Central Asian arts, literary, performing, and visual arts of a large portion of Asia embracing the Turkic republics (Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan), Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Afghanistan, Mongolia, Tibet, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, and parts of Russia and China.
Central Asian art is visual art created in Central Asia, in areas corresponding to modern Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and parts of modern Mongolia, China and Russia.
16 sty 2023 · To accurately interpret current Turkmen, Tajik, Uzbek, Kyrgyz, and Kazakh painting, one must first comprehend how painters arrived at this stage. For ease of understanding, the history of Central Asian art can be separated into three distinct periods—traditional, Soviet, and Post-Independence.
The rich arts of Central Asia, including wall paintings, stuccowork, carved wood, metalwork, and textiles, reflect the many traditions that are combined and often syncretized here. Based on an artistic vocabulary formed in Iran, the layered styles, stories, and iconographic details, especially from Buddhist and Hindu India and classical ...
South Asian art encompasses the arts of the Indian subcontinent, while Central Asian art primarily consists of works by the Turkic peoples of the Eurasian Steppe. West Asian art encompasses the arts of the Near East, including the ancient art of Mesopotamia, and more recently becoming dominated by Islamic art.
In the western part of Central Asia, Islamic rulers from the Ghaznavid and later the Seljuq dynasties, both of Turkic origin, dominate the first half of the period. Excavations, notably of palaces, reveal that the architecture and arts flourished under these patron-princes.
Central Asian art is visual art created in Central Asia, in areas corresponding to modern Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, and parts of modern Mongolia, China and Russia.
