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The encyclopedia is the first of its kind in Albania, an ambitious project which will eventually be published in six to eight volumes. The publication is a product of the Center of Studies of Art, part of the Albanian Academy of Sciences. The encyclopedia has a board of 10 people, including some of the most prominent scholars in their fields.
Art was censored by the government and artists were urged to create works that endorsed socialism. The dominant theme of Albanian paintings was the proletariat, the backbone of the socialist system. Much of the country's art focused on domestic scenes such as men working in the fields and women feeding chickens.
Name Image Year No. Description Albanian folk iso-polyphony: 2008 00155: Iso-polyphony is a traditional part of Albanian folk music. Transhumance, the seasonal droving of livestock + [a]
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Bunk'Art 1 (Tirana): A massive underground bunker used by the communist government as a bomb shelter, now a museum offering a glimpse into Albania's Cold War paranoia. Monuments Krujë Castle : The historical center of Albanian resistance against the Ottoman Empire, led by national hero Skanderbeg.
In Albanian tradition the Sun is referred to as "the Beauty of the Sky" (i Bukuri i Qiellit), [32] a phrase used for the god who rules the sky.[33]According to a modern interpretation, the ancestors of the Albanians presumably had in common with the Ancient Greek theogony the tripartite division of the administration of the world into heaven, sea, and underworld, and in the same functions as ...
As of 2021, there are four sites in Albania inscribed on the list and further four sites on the tentative list. [4] The first site in Albania to be added to the list was the ancient city of Butrint which was inscribed at the 16th UNESCO session in 1992. [5] The historic centre of Gjirokastër was inscribed in 2005 as Museum-City of Gjirokastra. [6]
Animal-made art consists of works by non-human animals, that have been considered by humans to be artistic, including visual works, music, photography, and videography. Some of these are created naturally by animals, often as courtship displays , while others are created with human involvement.