Monument to Nizami Ganjavi (Baku)

Monument to Nizami Ganjavi
	Monument
Monument to Nizami Ganjavi
	Azerb. Nizami Gəncəvinin heykəli
A country	Azerbaijan
City	Baku
Sculptor	Fuad Abdurahmanov
Architect	Sadykh Dadashev , ; Mikael Useynov
Date of construction	1949
Height	6 m (statue) ; 9 m (pedestal)
Material	bronze

Monument to Nizami Ganjavi ( Azeri. Nizami Gəncəvinin heykəli ) - a monument to the outstanding poet Nizami Ganjavi located in Baku , in the park named after Nizami, at the intersection of Istigliliyat , Ahmed Javad, Azerbaijan and Islam Safarli . The opening of the monument took place in April 1949 ^[1] . The sculptor of the monument is the national artist of Azerbaijan Fuad Abdurakhmanov , the architects are Sadi Dadashev and Mikael Useynov ^[2] .

Monument on the map of Baku

The monument is a bronze 6-meter statue mounted on a 9-meter octahedral pedestal. The pedestal is from red Labrador, the elements of Azerbaijani architecture of the Nizami era are used in its processing. At the bottom of the pedestal there is an ornamental carving and lined bronze plates. On seven plates - scenes from the works of Nizami, on one - a memorial inscription.

Content

Bas-reliefs on the monument

Seven bas-reliefs depicting the heroes of five poems (“ Khamsa ”) by Nizami Ganjavi are carved on the monument. Among them are Nusherivan listening to a conversation between owls (“The Treasury of Secrets ”), Farhad, who leads the way through Bisitun Mountain (“ Khosrov and Shirin ”), Leyli and Mejnun, students at school (“ Leyli and Mejnun ”), who kills the dragon Bahram Gur ( “ Seven beauties ”), Iskander at the reception at Queen Nushaba (“ Iskander-name ”) and others. The bas-reliefs were made by the sculptor A. Khryunov according to the sketches of the artist Gazanfar Halykov ^[3] and are located on seven sides, flanked by a bronze plaque named after the poet .

Bas-reliefs on the monument depicting the heroes of “ Khams ” - five poems by Nizami Ganjavi
Nusherivan and owl conversations (Treasury of Secrets)
Farhad on Bisitun Mountain ("Khosrov and Shirin")
Leyli and Majnun ("Leyli and Majnun")
Bahram Gur kills the dragon ("Seven beauties")
Iskander and Nushabe ("Iskandername")

Gallery

Park named after Nizami with a monument
Type of sculpture
The inscription on the monument

Notes

↑ Abdurakhmanov Fuad Hasan oglu - article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia
↑ ABDURAHMANOV // Great Soviet Encyclopedia . - State Scientific Publishing House, 1950. - T. I. - P. 14 .
Original text (rus.)
ABDURAKHMANOV , Fuad Hasan-Ogly (b. 1915) - Azerbaijani Soviet sculptor. Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Arts. He studied at the Academy of Arts (Leningrad). Particularly known as a monumental sculptor who, together with architects S. A. Dadashev and M. A. Useinov, created two outstanding monuments to the poet Nizami. For one of these monuments (in Kirovabad) A. in 1947 was awarded the Stalin Prize. Master sculptural portrait ("Portrait of Comrade Bagirova", 1945; "General Azi Aslanov", 1948).
↑ N. Habibov , M. Najafov . Art of Soviet Azerbaijan. - M .: Art , 1960. - p. 132. - 198 p.

Links

[1] Abdurakhmanov Fuad Hasan oglu - article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia

[БСЭ-2] ABDURAHMANOV // Great Soviet Encyclopedia . - State Scientific Publishing House, 1950. - T. I. - P. 14 .
Original text (rus.)
ABDURAKHMANOV , Fuad Hasan-Ogly (b. 1915) - Azerbaijani Soviet sculptor. Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Arts. He studied at the Academy of Arts (Leningrad). Particularly known as a monumental sculptor who, together with architects S. A. Dadashev and M. A. Useinov, created two outstanding monuments to the poet Nizami. For one of these monuments (in Kirovabad) A. in 1947 was awarded the Stalin Prize. Master sculptural portrait ("Portrait of Comrade Bagirova", 1945; "General Azi Aslanov", 1948).

[3] N. Habibov , M. Najafov . Art of Soviet Azerbaijan. - M .: Art , 1960. - p. 132. - 198 p.