Turkmenistan
Subtitle: Magtymgulynyn mekanynyn sungaty
By: Pol Maykl Teylor, Trewor Lumis Merion, Wilyam Bredford Smit, Jasper Jon Wo-Kwayzbat = Turkmenistan : arts from the land of Magtymguly / Paul Michael Taylor, Trevor Loomis Merrion, William Bradford Smith, Jasper John Waugh-Quasebarth
Contributors: Merrion, Trevor Loomis, 1987- author; Smith, William Bradford, 1984- author; Waugh-Quasebarth, Jasper, 1990- author; National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Asian Cultural History Program
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2013
Language: tuk
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780972455718
Subjects: Material culture; Turkmen Arts; Anniversaries; Decorative arts; Konst; Turkmen poetry; Music; Kunst; Folk music; Konsthantverk; Sachkultur; Turkmen
Other titles: Magtymgulynyn mekanynyn sungaty; Arts from the land of Magtymguly
Description: Turkmenistan: Arts from the Land of Magtymguly is designed to introduce the traditional and contemporary arts of Turkmenistan to a broad public. The authors, who are researchers within the Smithsonian's Asian cultural history program, describe recent reinterpretations of traditional themes and motifs from Turkmenistan's past within artworks of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. These transformations include the incorporation of distinctive tribal or regional elements into a national narrative of a unified Turkmenistan, corresponding to the "dream" so frequently expressed in the poetry of the 18th-century poet Magtymguly - who is now celebrated as the national poet of Turkmenistan. This survey is amply illustrated with many previously unpublished examples of traditional textiles and craftwork from the State Museum of the State Cultural Center of Turkmenistan; paintings, gobelins, and other contemporary artworks from Turkmenistan's Museum of Fine Arts; and musical adaptions and interpretations of Magtymguly's verses performed by bagshy (folk musicians who sing the verses while playing their two-stringed dutar) from the archives of Turkmenistan's National Conservatory. --From back cover.
Notes: "Published in conjunction with the Turkmenistan Culture Days in the United States of America (December 2013); held in conjunction with preparatory celebrations for the 290th anniversary of the birth of the poet Magtymguly (2014)"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-217).

"This publication, and the cooperative work with Turkmenistan's museums that preceded it, have been made possible by generous support from Chevron"--Title page verso.

Turkmen and English.
Table of contents: title: Turkmenistan we Magtymgulynyn arzuwy = Turkmenistan and Magtymguly's dream; title: Turkmenistan we turkmen halky = Turkmenistan and the Turkmen people; title: Magtymguly Pyragynyn aydyma gecʹirilen gosʹgylary = Song poems of Magtymguly; title: Bagsʹy we turkmen halk sazynyn cʹaginde sʹygryyete degisʹli dap-dessurlar = The bagshy and poetic traditions in Turkmen folk music; title: Dokma miras : Turkmenistanyn haly onumleri = Woven heritage : textiles of Turkmenistan; title: Turkmenistanyn adaty kumusʹ sʹay-sepleri = Traditional jewelry of Turkmenistan; title: Turkmenistanyn sʹekillendirisʹ sungatynyn mysallary = Fine art from Turkmenistan; title: Senetcʹilik dapleri sʹu gunde : Turkmen adaty senetcʹilik dap-dessurlardan ylham alan sungat = Crafting tradition today : art inspired by the traditional crafts of Turkmenistan; title: Taze nagysʹlar : Turkmenistanyn gobelen dokma isʹleri = New patterns : Gobelin weavings of Turkmenistan.