Народная традиция в украинском церковном шитье XVII–XVIIІ вв.: религиоз- ный и художественный аспекты
The folk tradition in the Ukrainian church embroidery of XVII–XVIII centuries: the perspective of religion and art

Summary/Abstract: The purpose of the article is to define the distinctive features in the folk trend of the Ukrainian Church embroidery of XVII–XVIII centuries. The rich collection of the embroidery artifacts at the National Kyiv Pechersk Historical and Cultural Reserve was taken as the basis for our research. Methodology. The methodology included the use of the historical systematic method to delineate the all-inclusive characteristics of the folk tradition development in the Ukrainian Church embroidery of XVII–XVIII centuries. The typology definition method was used to classify the embroidered items according to the manner in which the art folklore affected their embroidery. Scientific novelty. The scientific novelty of the article is the fact that the author is the first to research the stylistic peculiarities of Ukrainian Church embroidery of XVII – XVIII centuries, determined the folk understanding of religious image. Conclusions. The Folk tradition was an important factor affecting the formation of iconic language of the Ukrainian embroidery of XVII–XVIII centuries. The embroidered artifacts of that period could be provisionally divided into the following three groups: the products of the leading embroidery centers, which followed strictly the Eastern Christianity iconography with little affection of the Folk aesthetics; the second group includes the embroidery artifacts produced by the provincial workshops. The latter are distinct by the emphasized archaic approach and simplification of the canons. And the last group is characterized by the primitive features of embroidery produced by the peasants

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