Editing Azerbaijan (section)

===Art===
[[File:Azerbaijan tradition.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Traditional Azerbaijani clothing and musical instruments]]
[[Azerbaijani art]] is represented by a wide range of handicrafts, such as [[Repoussé and chasing|chasing]], jeweling, engraving in metal, carving in wood, stone, or bone, carpet-making, lasing, pattern weaving and printing, and knitting and embroidery. Each of these types of decorative art, evidence of the endowments of the Azerbaijan nation, is very much in favor here. Many interesting facts pertaining to the development of arts and crafts in Azerbaijan were reported by numerous merchants, travelers, and diplomats who had visited these places at different times.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eanpages.org/2018/09/01/country-of-the-month-azerbaijan |title=Country of the month – Azerbaijan |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=1 September 2018 |website=eanpages.org }}</ref>

The [[Azerbaijani rug|Azerbaijani carpet]] is a traditional handmade textile of various sizes, with a dense texture and a pile or pile-less surface, whose patterns are characteristic of Azerbaijan's many carpet-making regions. In November 2010 the Azerbaijani carpet was proclaimed a [[Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity|Masterpiece of Intangible Heritage]] by UNESCO.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?lg=en&pg=00011&RL=00389 |title=The traditional art of Azerbaijani carpet weaving in the Republic of Azerbaijan |publisher=UNESCO |access-date=4 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205005739/http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?lg=en&pg=00011&RL=00389 |archive-date=5 December 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=134436 |title=Azerbaijani carpet entered UNESCO List of Intangible Cultural Heritage |publisher=Azerbaijan Press Agency |access-date=4 January 2011 |archive-date=11 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311005157/http://en.apa.az/news.php?id=134436 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Azerbaijani carpets can be categorized under several large groups and a multitude of subgroups. Scientific research of the Azerbaijani carpet is connected with the name of [[Latif Karimov]], a prominent Soviet-era scientist and artist.<ref>{{cite web| title =Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura | publisher = [[UNESCO]] | url = http://portal.unesco.org/es/ev.php-URL_ID=31108&URL_DO=DO_PRINTPAGE&URL_SECTION=201.html}}</ref>
[[File:Lahic folk art.png|thumb|left|Handwork coppery in [[Lahıc, Ismailli|Lahij]]]]
Azerbaijan has been since ancient times known as a center of a large variety of crafts. Archeology testifies to the well-developed agriculture, stock raising, metalworking, pottery, ceramics, and carpet-weaving that date as far back as to the 2nd millennium BC. Archeological sites in Dashbulaq, Hasansu, Zayamchai, and Tovuzchai uncovered from the BTC pipeline have revealed early Iron Age artifacts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.agt.si.edu/site_overviews/azerbaijan/zayam_tovuz_artifact_catalogue.html|title=Ancient Heritage of the BTC – SCP Pipeline Corridor|website=Smithsonian|access-date=21 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140423041508/http://www.agt.si.edu/site_overviews/azerbaijan/zayam_tovuz_artifact_catalogue.html|archive-date=23 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[File:Sheki dvoretc rospisi az.jpg|thumb|upright=1.8|A [[Miniature (illuminated manuscript)|miniature painting]] of a battle scene on the walls of the [[Palace of Shaki Khans]], 18th century, [[Shaki, Azerbaijan|city of Shaki]]]]
The [[Gamigaya Petroglyphs]], which date back to the 1st to 4th millennium BC, are located in Azerbaijan's [[Ordubad District]]. They consist of some 1,500 dislodged and carved rock paintings with images of deer, goats, bulls, dogs, snakes, birds, fantastic beings, and people, carriages, and various symbols were found on basalt rocks.<ref>[http://irs-az.com/pdf/090621154956.pdf Наскальные рисунки Гямигая]. irs-az.com.</ref> Norwegian [[ethnographer]] and adventurer [[Thor Heyerdahl]] was convinced that people from the area went to [[Scandinavia]] in about 100 AD, took their boatbuilding skills with them, and transmuted them into the [[Longship|Viking boats]] in northern Europe.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ornaments Coming from Gobustan |url=https://divainternational.ch/ornaments-coming-from-gobustan.html|website=Diva International|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20250223012023/https://divainternational.ch/ornaments-coming-from-gobustan.html|archivedate=2025-02-23|date=2007-05-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gobustan Rock Art|url=http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/gobustan.html|website=worldheritagesite.org|access-date=11 October 2013}}</ref>

Over the centuries, Azerbaijani art has gone through many stylistic changes. Painting is traditionally characterized by a warmth of colour and light, as exemplified in the works of [[Azim Azimzade]] and [[Bahruz Kangarli]], and a preoccupation with religious figures and cultural motifs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Azerbaijani Artists |url=http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/soviet/Azerbaijani-Artists.html|website=arthistoryarchive.com|access-date=11 October 2013}}</ref> Azerbaijani painting enjoyed preeminence in Caucasus for hundreds of years, from the [[Romanesque art|Romanesque]] and [[Culture of the Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] periods, and through the [[Socialist realism|Soviet]] and [[Baroque]] periods, the latter two of which saw fruition in Azerbaijan. Notable artists include [[Sattar Bahlulzade]], [[Togrul Narimanbekov]], [[Tahir Salahov]], [[Alakbar Rezaguliyev]], [[Mirza Gadim Iravani]], [[Mikayil Abdullayev]] and [[Boyukagha Mirzazade]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Steps of Time & Art is not only ugly|url=http://universes-in-universe.org/eng/nafas/articles/2008/azerbaijan_art|website=universes-in-universe.org|access-date=11 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315004428/http://universes-in-universe.org/eng/nafas/articles/2008/azerbaijan_art|archive-date=15 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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File:Shaki khan palace interier.jpg|[[Usta Gambar Karabakhi]] – Tree of Life<br />([[Palace of Shaki Khans]])
File:Portrait of sitting woman by Irevani.jpg|[[Mirza Gadim Iravani]] – Portrait of sitting woman<br />([[National Art Museum of Azerbaijan]])
File:Dağ mənzərəsi – Bəhruz Kəngərli.jpg|[[Bahruz Kangarli]] – Landscape with mountains<br />([[National Art Museum of Azerbaijan]])
File:Ruins of Reichstag.jpg|[[Azim Azimzade]] – Ruins of Reichstag<br />([[National Art Museum of Azerbaijan]])
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