L3: Pakistan

Pakistan Arts

BUILDINGS TRUCK CHEST AND JARS

 Pakistani Architecture

Pre- Post-
Islamic Colonial
Islamic Colonial
 1. Pre-Islamic

Mohenjo Daro
Harappa

Kot Diji
Mohenjo Daro and Harappa
Kot Diji
 brightly colored and flamboyant

images of idealized landscapes, famous

Truck Art of personalities, flowers, and trees
Pakistan
gallery without walls

free-form, kaleidoscopic exhibition in

motion
Pakistan Jars and Chest
L4: Uzbekistan,
Kazakhstan, and
Tajikistan
 printed cloth,
tablecloths, curtains,
bedspreads, shawls,
and various coverlets
Uzbekistan
Arts
ceramics
 parts of life’s daily routine
clothing, utility tools, yurts, and
horses’ saddles
Kazakhstan nomadic patterns and design
Arts
draw on rocks

petroglyphs
 fabrics, utensils, musical instruments,
carpets, furniture, jewelries, etc.

decorative carving
Tajikistan architectural monuments, household
structures and objects, musical instruments,
Arts and souvenirs
changed to Arabian inscriptions when Islam
came
images of people and animals, vegetation,
and geometrical patterns
L5: Turkmenistan
and Kyrgyzstan
 most unique and beautiful carpets in
the world
vary in shape and purpose

Turkmenistan carpet weaving is an ancient art

Arts woven out of wool, cotton, and silk,

using horizontal looms
source of keteni, a homespun silk

embroidery is as unique as a family seal

 wide range of textiles from
the felt of their sheep
Kyrgyzstan
Arts symbolize Kyrgyz traditions
and rural life
SHIRDAKS – handmade carpets or rugs
 TUSH KYIZ – large elaborately embroidered wall
hangings, made by elder women to commemorate
the marriage of a son or daughter
XXX – flat cushions made in
shadow-pairs that is used on
every chair, padding the seat
L6: West Asia
 embroidery ceramics wood carving

Arts and
Crafts of hammered
metalwork
calligraphy
inlaid wood
designs

West Asia blown handmade soap

from Syria or
glassworks Lebanon