Design in Russian
When one customer asked me to make his living room in Russian style, I, to myself, amazed: “What a nightmare! Khokhloma, and Gzhel Matryoshka! \\ “And then my mind came the interesting ideas. And I reflect: Russian style oposhlen Izmailovsky opening days, fair-farcical torzhischem to require abroad. And what he is actually Russian style? Can it be raised to the heights of Italian design? And how to make a stylish Russian interior, that it was not similar to the illustration of children’s fairy tales?
The harsh North cottages and elegant mansions in Moscow, Pskov Chamber of them deliberately rough masonry walls and Vladimir temples, forms which finely hewed out of a white stone; roistering fantasticality Basil’s Cathedral and mathematically verified harmony Admiralty; severe restraint buildings of ancient Novgorod and cheerful decorativeness \\ “Elizavetinskaya \\ “baroque. All of this Russian architecture. And this is different. And I understand why slavophiles proved fruitless attempts to make the system of common traits in the magnificence of style, find the definition of “Russian”, true for any period of cultural history of Russia.
Nature and geography, of course, many have identified the orientation of trade and cultural ties in the early stages of development of Russia. Relations with Byzantium were more active than with Western Europe. But the influence of Eastern culture, it was relatively weak. Russia cut off from us Horde. In architecture \\ “east \\” arises only in the ornaments, and more in his stories. Yes, these stories were recorded and complex ways, for example, X-XIII centuries - through the “Romanesque” style. This is dopetrovskoy time. And then it was “a window to Europe” and the influence of the Germans, Dutch, French. And through all this red thread to the present day has been what makes these unique ornaments embroidery, lace, wood carving, prosechnogo iron, all that many centuries of decorated homes, clothes, dishes and the entire life of Russia.
The first mention of lace dating from the year 1252. This was the description of clothing Prince Daniil Galitsky Ipatiev in the chronicles. Word \\ “kruzhivo” initially called for finishing the edge of clothing or other products. The first known Russian laces were intertwined from the gold and silver threads and decorated with pearls. Can you imagine what this miracle? Patterns and color line of embroidery have been inextricably linked c work of our ancestors and preserve their understanding of the universe. For example, archaic embroidery Russian North carried out a red thread, a color that is linked in the national representation of the sun, daruyuschem heat and light, so necessary for the fertility of the land. Ravnokonechny meant lighted cross on all four sides’ Luchistoe sun ‘, the diamond worshiped symbol of fertility. All of these patterns of geometric type. In the southern areas, they are replaced by visual motifs: the plants, human figures, animals and birds. Larger women are facing is akimbo, then raised up his hands, surrounded by deer, horses and birds, personified the image of mother nature, the image of the Mother of Raw Land. Well, is it not seem so now such trendy African paintings and ornaments? Only our ornaments are not praised or Picasso or the Cubists or the artists of Montmartre and Montparnasse. Well, no luck.
A patchwork needlework? Such derisively known patchwork? Previously, we have these art owned by all the women now - just elected. But in America pechvork - a very common hobby. Engage them with all who do not laziness, it is in all houses. Grand festivals are held annually, which attracts crowds of professionals and amateurs. Imagine your bed coverlet - a mixture of patchwork techniques, weaving and embroidery. Depending on the style you can decorate with buttons, beads, acrylic pendants from devchonochih rezinok hair. Yes, even pieces of fur or leather. A fringe on the edge of the curtain of the tail fur-bearing animals? As of princes, the old Russian. To do this, like everything that is in the house that remains of the past needlework, from curtains, tablecloths, cloth.
Long kilns, ovens and then to the German model in Russia decorated tiles. And they were marvelous colorful, with the Old Testament characters and instructive stories. Now, like tiles, with vegetal ornament, can be found in the Turkish producers, or in the eastern collections. It can decorate stove, fireplace or simply a piece of the wall. Or the same duct in the kitchen, which many now, fighting for extra centimeters square, trying to reduce or even turned into a niche.
Decorate their apartment with antique chests, painted wheel, wooden utensils, and cover the furniture and wall decoration from floor to ceiling - this is who likes. This is for those who selflessly loves Terema, naryshkinskoe Baroque, grates, mica windows, forged locks, boxes with the \\ “soft junk ‘. Personally, I believe that it is not necessary to make their homes in the historical reconstruction. One or two of Russian design (as well as any other, for that matter) is enough. Only need to teach their focus, with great love. With admiration. At the usual modern kitchen hang curtains with bright ornamental Russian decor. And at the bar-eaves of another, contrasting color than the rest of the furniture. And even if they resemble the Vologda lace. Or a wedding dress the bride of its multi-layered, multilane. And decorate inserts-beads. Only for the convenience of movable beads to be done, say on lipuchkah. Very good in the decoration of pearls will be: in the old days, when the rivers were full of pearls, it would not surprise anyone. Or amber, its unexpected solar. Even the soft winter light, light up pendants, beads, will remind us of the summer, to give the joy of contemplation.
For example, one or two ethnic objects we turn your house into a luxurious Terem. Or in a tent nomadic Bedouins. But that’s another story.
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