Azerbaijan State Museum of Art
The Azerbaijan State Museum of Art is a storehouse of the works of art beginning from the ancient period up to now. All sorts of art completely presented here. The art of Azerbaijan, West-Europe, Russia, the East displayed in the halls of our museum.
The museum was builded in 1920 and at present it is located in two old buildings, which were built at the end of the XIX centure.
The exposition of our museum is constructed in historico-chronological succession and by countries.
The collection of the art of West-Europe: Italy, Flandry, Holland, Germany and France is precious in so far as includes works by all the well-known artists of the XVI-XIX cc. Bassano L., Solimena F., Brouwer A., Claesz P., Sustermans J., Kaulbach F.A., Dupre J., Dagnan-Bouveret and etc.
The collection of Azerbaijan art
The collection of Azerbaijan art covers a vast span of time. The earliest exhibits: archaeological vessels date from the 6-4 millenia B.C. It discoved on the territory of the different regions of Azerbaijan. For example: Khanlar, Mingechaur and others. Ceramics of the Middle Ages, bronze and copper wares of the XI-XIX cc., unique ancient carpet. And carpet wares of Guba, Baku, Shirvan, Tabriz, Garabakh, Kazakh centres of carpet-making: jewelry, executing in the different techniques. For example, filigree, chazing, ware-drawing, granulation, enamel work. The chief centres of jewellery-making art in Azerbaijan located in Baku, Gyanja, Shamakhy, Shusha, Sheki, Tabriz.
Easten peoples
But Azerbaijan carpet-making art, miniature paintings, book art represent one of the most interesting pages in the centure-old history of Easten peoples. And occupy by right their honourable place among the treasures of world artistic culture. Azerbaijan miniature has covered a long and complex way of development and reached its improving in the XVI centure.
