Kurdish art

Kurdish women formally dressed in traditional Mukriyani Kurdish attire pouring tea

The oldest known examples of Kurdish art and expression have been found in Neolithic sites like Çayönü and Jarmo (present-day Iraqi and Turkish Kurdistan); these findings include pottery, adornments, and cemeteries.[1][2][3]

Prehistoric

Ancient

Medieval

Islamic

Modern art

1870-1970

Contemporary (1970-present)

References

  1. ^ Braidwood, Linda S (1983). Prehistoric archeology along the Zagros Flanks. Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago; Iraq-Jarmo Prehistoric Project (1950-1955). OCLC 679889989.
  2. ^ "ancient Kurdish settlement". iletisim.gov.tr.
  3. ^ Özdoğan, Mehmet (2014), "Çayönü: Agriculture and Domestication", Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, Springer, New York, NY, pp. 1194–1197, doi:10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_2223, ISBN 978-1-4419-0465-2, retrieved 2025-07-10

Further reading

  • Korangy, Alireza; Kreyenbroek, Philip G. (2020). Kurdish art and identity: verbal art, self-definition and recent history. Berlin: De Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-059962-6.
  • Sustam, Engin (2021). "Kurdish Art and Cultural Production: Rhetoric of the New Kurdish Subject". In Gunes, Cengiz; Bozarslan, Hamit; Yadirgi, Veli (eds.). The Cambridge History of the Kurds. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 775–802. ISBN 978-1-108-47335-4. Retrieved 2025-07-10.
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