Azerbaijan
The Azerbaijan edition, herein presented was prepared with a view to providing detailed information regarding this country, also known as The Land of Fire. With more than thousand photos, the book aims at presenting the ancient history, culture, traditions and etnographic peculiarities of Azerbaijan, as well as the country's past,…
Azərbaycan el sənəti [Çingiz Fərzəliyev]
The book "Folk Art of Azerbaijan" is dedicated to the wealth of artworks held in the Azerbaijan National Museum of Art. One section is devoted to exhibits created within our nation millennia ago and the other covers the period from the early Middle Ages to the present. Every piece described…
Səfəvi xalçaları [Səidə Səlimzadə]
The presented book narrates how masters of two schools during the Safavid period – carpet weaving and miniature painting – perfected the art of carpet ornamentation. Safavid carpets had a profound impact on the global art of carpet weaving. This book will be beneficial for specialists in the field of…
Bakı memarlıq abidələrində fasad heykəltəraşlıq nümunələri [Elçin Əliyev]
Baku is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, a city with a history of millennia, Azerbaijan’s capital, admired by numerous tourists and visitors. More than 150 buildings in Baku’s central historical part have been researched by the author. Many of the buildings included have been presented for…
Ağacoyma xəttatlığı örnəkləri [Seyfəddin Mənsimoğlu]
Ancient Azerbaijani wood carving and calligraphy art, with its rich history and traditions, originates from the petroglyphs of Gobustan and Gamigaya. Pictograms and tamgas (seals) depicted in the petroglyphs are fossilized monuments of calligraphy art. In the East, within the Turkic-Muslim world, including Azerbaijan, various types of calligraphy were developed,…