Development of national painting began many centuries ago. In the 16-17 centuries in Bukhara and some other urban centers has achieved significant success manuscripts and art of bookbinding. The decoration of the manuscript included refined calligraphy, performance by water paints and thin ornaments on fields. In Samarkand and Bukhara, the Central Asian schools flourished miniatures.

It has developed several styles. One of them, due to the tradition Bekhzod (the great artist of the Middle Ages, the founder of one of the areas of the eastern miniatures), is characterized by sophistication letters and architectural backgrounds.

 Mausoleum Oqsaroy gold painting  in Samarkand, Uzbekistan