Feruz Art

ABOUT THIS PICTURE

This is an original handmade miniature painting meticulously crafted at the Feruz Art workshop in Bukhara, Uzbekistan.

ABOUT ART FERUZ UZBEKISTAN

Art Feruz specializes in handmade miniature painting with stories and images of the Great Silk Road. Our workshop is located in Bukhara, Uzbekistan. We paint in watercolor, tempera and acrylic on old silk and Samarkand paper. Other motifs include portraits of famous scientists and travelers of the past. We strive to delight art lovers today and future generations.

The Art of Uzbek Miniature

In Islam, external comparison of Allah with a person and any earthly being is not allowed. “The eyes cannot comprehend him, but he can comprehend the eyes" - so it said in the Quran, but at the same time, the Quran does not prohibit describing animals and people, but such images should not become objects of worship and placed in blessed places. 

The exception is thin and graceful miniatures, which were created for interior items and book decoration. Artistic miniature is a special sort of fine art. Initially, this type of decoration was made by order of the upper class and was considered an integral part of handwritten books, valuable manuscripts and archives. To create it, great skill and professionalism of the artist was required, the thinner and brighter the drawing was made, the higher the miniature was evaluated and was measured an indicator of the author's high professionalism.

Also, miniatures were part of the interior. Small, colorful paintings were used to decorate luxury items in the homes of wealthy merchants and in the palaces of the eastern Khans. Miniatures could describe historical chronicles, scenes of hunting and battles, details of meetings and meals. The process of creating miniatures is very complicated and time-consuming, it requires perseverance, great patience, a steady hand and keen eyesight, as well as the author's boundless imagination. The drawing is applied with a specially brush made of natural materials.

 One of the most famous miniature painters is Kamoliddin Bekhzod (1450-1535). His works are recognized for the highest skill of depicting miniatures of the Herat school and all of the Central Asia.

Today, miniature painting is presented as an independent type of Uzbek fine art.