Medieval Islamic Stucco Décor vs. Soviet Architecture of Uzbekistan

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_5042
dc.contributor.author	Zagirova Guzel
dc.title	Medieval Islamic Stucco Décor vs. Soviet Architecture of Uzbekistan
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	This is a review of what is termed ‘twentieth-century Central Asian national style’. It aims to answer the question of how the 20th century treated the heritage of early Islamic ornamental art. My research uses the example of carved stucco architectural décor in Uzbekistan. This technique was traditional in both the early Islamic period and the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Uzbekistan was chosen because it possesses the most representative examples of architecture, illustrating common processes for all of Central Asia. I raise the questions of adoptions and rejections in stylisation, review the stages of reinterpretation and reconsideration, and finally propose my own periodisation.
dc.relation.ispartof	Quaderni di Venezia Arti
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2020-12-22
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-463-9/medieval-islamic-stucco-decor-vs-soviet-architectu/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-462-2/002
dc.identifier.eissn	2784-8868
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-463-9
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-462-2
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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dc.peer-review	no
dc.subject	Central Asian architectural décor
dc.subject	Central Asian architectural décor
dc.subject	Girikh
dc.subject	Girikh
dc.subject	Gunch
dc.subject	Gunch
dc.subject	Islamic architectural ornament
dc.subject	Islamic architectural ornament
dc.subject	Islimi
dc.subject	Islimi
dc.subject	National style
dc.subject	National style
dc.subject	Soviet architectural décor
dc.subject	Soviet architectural décor
dc.subject	Stucco
dc.subject	Stucco

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Medieval Islamic Stucco Décor vs. Soviet Architecture of Uzbekistan

Guzel Zagirova State Institute of Art Studies (SIAS), Moscow, Russia

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This is a review of what is termed ‘twentieth-century Central Asian national style’. It aims to answer the question of how the 20th century treated the heritage of early Islamic ornamental art. My research uses the example of carved stucco architectural décor in Uzbekistan. This technique was traditional in both the early Islamic period and the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Uzbekistan was chosen because it possesses the most representative examples of architecture, illustrating common processes for all of Central Asia. I raise the questions of adoptions and rejections in stylisation, review the stages of reinterpretation and reconsideration, and finally propose my own periodisation.

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Dec. 22, 2020

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Keywords: Central Asian architectural décor • Gunch • Islimi • Islamic architectural ornament • Soviet architectural décor • Stucco • Girikh • National style

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