Art from the heart of the silk road.
The extensive national crafts and arts of Uzbekistan include engraving on copper, wood, and plaster-based material; jeweler's arts; carpet making; ceramics; ornamental embroidery, gold embroidery; decorative currying of tanned leather; silk spinning; making of decorative braids; inlaid works on musical instruments, and much more. We are talking about an artistic culture 2,400 years old.
Chris Bradley
Chris Bradley is a cultural historian specialising in the religion and art of the Middle East and North Africa. After many years of leading tours he has built up an enviable knowledge and personal photographic library that he uses to enhance the Academy Travel tours that he leads to Ethiopia, Iran and Central Asia.
OTHER EVENTS
Society
Dr Alison Barker
13 Jan 2025 - 14:30
Online Event
We will test the assumption that "What begins in the work of Caravaggio is, quite simply, modern painting."
Society
Ms Nicola Moorby
10 Mar 2025 - 14:30
Online Event
A comparison between two of the greatest English painters.