Nizami Ganjavi’s world and the art of carpet weaving of Azerbaijan

Abstract

The greatness of Nizami’s work, who left samples of love and philosophical lyrics to posterity and the founder of the Oriental Renaissance, is that it is relevant at all times. The most popular in Azerbaijani decorative arts were motives from his poems “Leyli and Majnun” and “Khosrov and Shirin” for centuries. His works remains the criterion of virtue, morality for the modern period. Nizami’s literary heritage being an example of high artistry remains an object for its embodiment in various types of art, including art of carpet weaving. Professional carpet designers create carpet compositions using various artistic solutions continuing the tradition of reflecting the motives of oriental classical literature in narrative carpets, which was formed in the Middle Ages.