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Graffiti art brightens war-torn Afghan capital
Photo: REUTERS/Omar Sobhani
By Michelle Nichols
from REUTERS
December 20, 2010
A group of women in burqas rises from the sea to symbolize cleanliness, while further down a factory wall a bus with no wheels and crammed with passengers is a stark comment on war-torn Kabul’s appalling public transport. Continue reading
The Modern History of Art in Afghanistan
Afghan woman - Rachel Schaus
for suite101.com
August 21, 2009
Part of Afghanistan’s culture preservation is to inform the world of the modern history of fine art in Afghanistan.
With the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas, the attention of scientists resulted in the (re)discovery of ancient frescoes on the ceiling of the caves near to where the Buddhas once stood. It is quite possible that this art is some of the first fine art of the world. Continue reading
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Afghan Women Painters On Show
It’s a tree so withered and broken that only a single scarred branch is still struggling heavenwards. Yet all life has not gone: a tiny leaf, green against the cerulean blue of the sky, stubbornly clings to a twig. For the circle of burka-clad women huddling around the forlorn trunk in the hot, dusty sunshine, it is a sign of hope. Continue reading
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Oil painting ‘originated in East’
The Bamiyan Buddhas were destroyed in 2001
BBC News
April 22, 2008
Painting with oils was taking place in what is now Afghanistan centuries before such techniques were known to Europeans, researchers say.
French-based scientists have been investigating cave paintings at the ancient complex of Bamiyan.
Until 2001 two vast 6th-Century Buddhas stood at Bamiyan. Then they were blown up by Afghanistan’s then-Taleban government as un-Islamic. Continue reading
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Afghanistan National Gallery and the survived Art pieces of Afghanistan
Afghanistan Art has spanned many centuries and has a great history and heritage of more than 5,000 years. One of the most famous Afghan art eras is the Gandhara between the 1st and 7th century. It was based on Greco-Buddhist art and examples were found at the Kabul Museum and National Gallery. Continue reading
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