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square, on top of which, already directly on the wall, the fireplace ends with a painting of a bouquet of flowers. The furnace hole on the fireplace mirror is drawn with an intricate pointed arch. The fireplace is not richly decorated: a simple geometrized floral ornament prevails decorating its profiled stripes. In the lancet-shaped tympans of the firebox, the painting of stylized flowers is repeated on a blue background, which is common in the tympanum panels of the neighbouring room, as well as on the ceiling of the Hall. There is very little bronze paint in the paintings on the fireplace."
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They harmonized more with the general images of the room." She also believes that the painting of the panel in
Mehmandarov's house, in terms of the thoroughness of execution and subtlety of colours, is higher than the similar paintings in the hall of the first floor of the Sheki palace. Both in the Small Room and in the Hall, there are lancet-shaped fireplaces characteristic to Shusha, covered with flat pictorial ornaments.
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The plafond of the
Mehmandarovs' house, from the point of view of the overall composition, reminds the ones of the Sheki khans' palace and the Shekihanovs' house, however, its patterns in their colours and compositions are closer to the motifs of carpet weaving. On the richly decorated carpets with a
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She writes the following about the fireplace in the house: "Its design is typical for fireplaces in Shusha. The fireplace protrudes somewhat from the plane of the wall and has a quadrangular shape with a ledge at a height of 1.5 meters in the form of a breakdown; above it there is a small decorative
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N. Miklashevskaya also mentions the shebeke, which occupies the entire front wall of the Hall, which, in her words, is similar to the shebeke of the Sheki palace: "Shebeke, in combination with the small coloured glass, make up intricate patterns of stars and circles, and complete the original decor
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The main silver branches of the frieze of the Sheki Khans' palace are surrounded by realistically depicted flowers; a large amount of silver was used here, with the colours being lighter while the patterns in there are presented in darker colours. The patterns on the frieze are also repeated on the
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Mehmandarovs' house, Usta Gambar used a motif peculiar only to him and nowhere else repeated. In such an image, with a dominant repeating pattern, there is no traditional pillar division of panels into sectors. This rich composition depicts various
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The art critic N. Miklashevskaya, who studied the wall paintings of the house, claims that "although the frieze images that both in the Palace of the Sheki Khans and in the
Mehmandarov's house were created under the direction of Ust Gambar, the images of the Mehmandarov's house turned out better.
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Such a solution of the facade, despite the lack of symmetry, creates the impression of harmony and balance in the architectural parts of the house. The staircase and the wooden veranda on the rear façade of the house add to its overall appearance. A special place in the house's architecture is
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Lieutenant Yesai
Gharamyants during the 19th century, came into the possession of the Mehmandarov family in 1918. It includes the Large Residential Building, the Small Residential Building and the Family Mosque. The complex is fenced with stone walls. It was previously the site of the
168:, the building was used as a museum of history and geology until 2014 when it officially became the "Shushi City History Museum." After the establishment of the control over the city by the Azerbaijani armed forces in 2020, the complex is undergoing repair and restoration work.
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birds sitting on the branches of plants. It resembles the murals on the second floor of the Sheki Khans' palace. The images in this panel, created using open tones, were placed on the bottom of the wall, so they are poorly preserved (compared to other murals in the room).
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