RELIGIOUS THEMES AT AZIM AZIMZADEHS WORKS

Abstract

For the first time, the article discusses issues related to religious rites and beliefs in the life of the Azerbaijani people at the beginning of the 20th century in the works of the outstanding artist Azim Azimzade. These works of the artist explored life, spiritual culture, religious rites and ceremonies of the Azerbaijani people during the specified period. Another factor contributing to the study of the subject is that so far the ethnographic problems of the early 20th century have not been studied on the basis of descriptive materials. As you know, descriptions - photographs and paintings are valuable moments about Azerbaijani ethnography. It may be useful to introduce these descriptive materials into scientific circulation as a source. One of these sources is the paintings of the Azerbaijani artist Azim Azimzade. The artist depicts a series of episodes of national holidays and traditions, and also takes on the satirical aspect of society’s shortcomings. The artist has a large number of works in his works, comparing two layers of society. “Ramadan in a rich house” and “Ramadan in a poor house”, “Feast of the Sacrifice”, “The table of Feast Sacrifice”, “Ashura Day”, “Pilgrimage of Mecca”, “Chille”, “Pir (Sacred place)” and others. In his works, he reflected on his approach to religious rites and beliefs in people's lives. The paintings of A. Azimzadeh are of great importance in studying the culture of the Azerbaijani people as a material source.