Art Themes of Ornamentation of the Orava Folk Architecture and Their Potential in the Educational Process Cover Image

Výtvarné motívy na výzdobe oravskej ľudovej architektúry a ich potenciál pri vzdelávacom procese
Art Themes of Ornamentation of the Orava Folk Architecture and Their Potential in the Educational Process

Author(s): Michal Čajka
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Visual Arts
Published by: VERBUM - vydavateľstvo Katolíckej univerzity v Ružomberku
Keywords: Folk Architecture; Ornament; Fine Arts; Orava Region; art style

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on mapping the richness of artistic decoration of the Orava folk architecture. It monitors specific decoration methods and techniques of individual architectural groups, such as the linen craft masonry architecture, or agricultural log farmsteads. From a formal point of view, it follows how folk creativity adapted decoration concepts derived from stylistic architectures and transformed them into new forms.

  • Issue Year: XVII/2018
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 129-137
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Slovak
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