West and Central Asian Art, 500 BCE–1980 CE

Applying chemical patinas for color variations that symbolized wealth and status.

Utilizing lost-wax casting to make multilayered pieces with complex geometries.

Incising and Inlaying with Silver or Gold to enhance the artwork's viability.

Employing hammering techniques to form relief sculptures that represented local mythology.

Two lead To abandonment Other writing materials like parchment or papyrus due scarcity raw resources

Facilitate creation Of manuscripts thereby enhancing literacy Culture

Three restrict flow information As paper Was considered sacred reserved strictly for religious texts

One decrease reliance On oral tradition entirely replacing it with written records

Slip painting

Kiln firing

Coiling

Throwing on a wheel

Engraving

Soldering

Casting

Piercing

Soldering thin gold leaf

Inlaying precious metals

Hotcasting interonze alloys

Carving into stone tablets

It demonstrated economic decline as tessellation replaced more labor-intensive decorative methods

It signaled an integration of local designs with Mongol influences, revealing dynastic change and cultural synthesis

It highlighted a move toward abstraction due to religious prohibitions against figurative representations

It indicated an adherence to strictly traditional Persian motifs, refusing outside artistic influences

Muqarnas vaulting at the entrance of a stupa complex.

A domed ceiling featuring frescoes of the Buddha's life.

Lotus motifs carved into wooden door panels at shrines.

Bodhisattva statues flanking shrine gateways.

Caravanserai

Adobe palace

Granite fortress

Wooden church

Use of figural representations reflecting Zoroastrian iconography.

Introduction of Chinese porcelain techniques for fine pottery making.

Increased abstraction in decoration due to aniconic Islamic influence.

Depiction of narrative scenes from the Shahnameh on pottery surfaces.

It symbolized military might through its association with divine protection.

It indicated wealth and connections to long-distance trade networks.

It was a common material used by artisans for its ease of carving.

It represented legal authority due to its exclusive usage by judges.