DURING 2500 BCE, THE ACTUAL REPRESENTATION OF EVENTS HAPPENED IN ART, MAINLY WAR VICTORIRS, WHICH WERE SET UP IN THE TEMPLES TO THANK THE GODS FOR HELPING OUT TO EXHIBIT THE POWER OF THE KINGS AND THE Gods.
DURING1700BCE, UNDER THE BABYLONIAN RULE, ONE CAN STILL SEE ROUNDED WEST ASIAN FORMS DESPITE THE FACT THAT THESE STATUES WERE MADE ONLY WITH STONES. AFTER THE PERIOD OF CHAOS, THE ASSYRIANS BECAME THE BIGGEST POWER IN THE WEST ASIA AND THEY CREATED MANY SIGNIFICANT WORKS OF ART. THEY ALSO USE THEIR ARTWORK TP FRIGHTEN THEIR ENEMIES.
AROUND 600 BCE, THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE COLLAPSED. THE BABYLONIANS TOOK OVER AGAIN. THEY WANT TO EXHIBIT HOW TRADITIONAL THEY WERE, AND THEY WRE RESTORING THE PAST, AND SO THEY WENT BACK TO CLAY ART SCULPTURES. THIS IS MADE BY JOINING MOLDED CLAY BRICKS TOGETHER AND PAINTING THEM WITH VARIED COLORS AND CREATING PICTURES. THE FAMOUS EXAMPLE IS THE ISHTAR GATE.
THE PERSIANS TOOK OVER THE BABYLONIANS AND BROUGH WITH THEM SOME ASSYRIAN ART IDEAS AND INCORPORATED SOME BABYLONIAN ONES. THEIR ART CARVINGS ALSO HAVE THE INFLUENCE OF THE GREEKS AND EAST ASIANS. DURING 200 C.E. THE PARTHIANS WERE TAKEN OVER BY THE SASANIANS, WHO CONTINUED ARTWORKS IN ALMOST THE SAME MANNER. FINALLY, THE WHOLE ERA WAS TAKEN OVER BYBTHE ISLAMIC EMPIRE IN 600 C.E.
THE PERSIAN ART OF RUG WEAVINGIS EMBEDDED IN THE ROOTS OF THEIR CULTUREAND CUSTOMS. WEAVERS MIX ELEGANT PATTERNS WITH A NUMBER OF VARIED COLORS. THEIR DESIGNS ARE SIMILAR TO PERSIAN GARDEN FULL OF FLOWERS, BIRDS, AND BEASTS. THEIR COLOR ARE USUALLY MADE FROM WILD FLOWERS AND HAVE RICH COLORS OF BURGUNDY, NAVY BLUE, AND ACCENTS OF IVORY. THEIR PROTOFABRICS ARE OFTEN EASHED IN TEAN MAKING THE TEXTURE OF THE RUGS SOFTER, GIVING IT A UNIQUE QUALITY.
MANY CAVES IN IRAN SHOWED PAINTED IMAGERY OF ANIMALS AND HUNTING SCENESDATING BACK TO FIVE THOUSAND YEARS AGO. IT WAS DURING THE QAJAR ERA WHEN COFFEE HOUSE PAINTING EMERGE AND EXHIBITED WITH SOME COMBINATION OF EUROPEAN STYLE. SUBJECTS OF THEIR PAINTINGS WERE OFTEN RELIGIOUS IN NATURE DEPICTING SCENES FRIA EPICS AND THE LIKE.
WITH THE NUMBER OF ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES AND HISTORIC RUINS OF IRAN, ALMOST EVERY SINGLE PERSON CAN BE FOUND TO HAVE BEEN FILLED AT SOME POINT WITH EARTHENWARE OF REMARKABLE QUALITY. THE RESPECT GIVEN BY THE IRANIANS TO THE ART OF POTTERY AND POTTERS ARE EVIDENT IN PERSIAN LITERATURE.
WITH THE NUMBER OF ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES AND HISTORIC RUINS OF IRAN, ALMOST EVERY SINGLE PERSON CAN BE FOUND TO HAVE BEEN FILLED AT SOME POINT WITH EARTHENWARE OF REMARKABLE QUALITY. THE RESPECT GIVEN BY THE IRANIANS TO THE ART OF POTTERY AND POTTERS ARE EVIDENT IN PERSIAN LITERATURE.
THE RICHNESS OF ARTS AND CULTURE OF SAUDI ARABIA HAS BEEN SHAPED AND ROOTED ITS ISLAMIC HERITAGE, HISTORICAL ROLES, AND TRADITIONS. THE SOCIETY OF SAUDI ARABIA HAS TRMENDOUS DEVELOPMENTS OVER THESE PAST DECADES. THEY HAVE TAKEN THEIR VALUES, CUSTOMS, HOSPITALITY, EVEN THEIR MANNER OF DRESSING, AND ADAPTED THEM TO THE MODERN WORLD.
THE 1ST MOSQUE OF ISLAM. IT IS A PROTOTYPE OF ALL SUBSEQUENT SACRED ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE. IN IT ARE MOST IMPORTANT DESIGN-THE FLOOR AND CARPET THAT ARE TOUCHED IN PRAYER WITH THE HEAD.
THE WUSUMS ARE THE TRIBAL SYMBOLS OF THEBBEDOUIN, A SEMINOMADIC GROUP, WHICH ARE FOUND TO BE A PREHISTORIC ART ON ROCKS IN THE HILLS AND DESSERTS OF ARABIA.
TURKEY IS A PARLIAMENT REPUBLIC LOCATED IN WEST ASIA AND WITH SOME PORTIONS IN SOUTHERN PART OF EUROPE. TURKISH ART REFERS TO ALL WORKS OF VISUAL ARTS ORIGINATING FROM THE GEGRAPHICAL AREA OF WHAT IS PRESENT DAY TURKEY SINCE THE ARRIVAL OF THE TRKS IN THE MIDDLE AGES. THE TURKISH PALACES, MOSQUES, ANG MAUSELEUMS ARE HIGHLY INFLUENCED BY THE OTTOMAN STYLES OF ARCHITECTURES WITH TOUCH OF ISLAMIC EUROPEAN TASTE. THEY ARE DECORATED WITH COLORE TILES AND THEIR INTERIOR DESIGNS ARE DONE WITH SOPHISTICATIONS OF VARIOUS PATTERNS OR MOTIFS.
TURKS ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR ARTS AND CRAFTS ESPECIALLY ON DECORATIVES. THEY ARE KNOWN FOR POTTERY, CARPET, AND TEXTILES. THESE ARE PRODUCED WITH HIGH STANDARD OF QUALITY. THEIR METAL WORK, CARVED WOODSWORKS, AND FURNITURE HAVE ELABORATIVE INLAYS AND INSPIRED WITH TRADITIONAL ARTS LIKE EBRU OR PAPER MARBLING.
