Michal Poljak
The talk will present the history and origin of Oriental carpets. We will look at their classification based on weaving techniques and geographical provenance, as well as the language of ornaments and patterns and their symbolic meaning.We will explore the world of the people to whom the Oriental carpet originally belonged and to whom it belongs to this day.
The lecture will also be enriched by an excursion into the world of Anatolian carpets.
Michal Poljak works as a technical specialist at the Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Natural Sciences,Comenius University in Bratislava.
He has participated in various research teams both in Slovakia and abroad. He was a member of expeditions and travels (Scandinavia, the Balkans, South America, the South Caucasus, Minor and Central Asia).
19th-century Asian author. Prayer rug - Smyrna (Turkey). 1800–1900. SNG, UP-I 76 - https://www.webumenia.sk/dielo/SVK:SNG.UP-I_76
