Central Asian Art

Introduction

The strict prohibition on the representation of the human form has channeled artistic creation into architecture and architectural decoration.

Overview

This book is a magical tour through Central Asia - Khirgizia, Tadjikistan, Turkmenia, and Uzbekistan - a cradle of Ancient civilisations and a pository of the Oriental arts inspired by Buddhism and Islam.

Highlights

There are magnificent, full-colour photographs of the abandoned cities of Merv and 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.