Colorful oriental ornaments

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It has always been believed that the East is a delicate matter, as evidenced by the increased attention of various people to its colorful mystery and rare beauty.

Many centuries ago, ordinary people were very religious, and religion itself greatly influenced almost all aspects of life. Religious figures did not ignore the fine arts, which in the East has its own "zest".

Oriental ornament has a wide variety of colors, shapes and rich content. The thing is that Muslims are strictly forbidden to depict any living creatures in any way. But just as water is always able to find a channel for itself, so a person, with any prohibition, most often finds workarounds. Not being able to portray living beings, Muslims sublimated all the power of their talent into oriental ornaments.

Art historians say that ornaments in the East exist in two forms:

1. Islimi. This type of ornament is distinguished by the fact that two symbols are combined in the pattern: a spiral and a plant stem. Islimi is most often used to decorate clothes, dishes, carpets and other household items.

2. Girih. Oriental ornaments of this type are distinguished by the fact thatthat they use a certain geometric pattern, similar to a knot. It consists of different geometric shapes such as rhombus, star, rectangle.

It should also be noted that many oriental ornaments are not available to most people, due to

that in the East women try not to stand out in public with their appearance. The most interesting oriental ornaments on their clothes are seen only by the husband away from prying eyes.

This cultural tradition can only be regretted, as the clothes of Muslim women always have a beautiful appearance, which is designed to emphasize the individual style of a woman. Also an interesting fact is that patterns, stencils in the ornaments of the East are not just decoration: they are a means for a person to express himself with the help of special signs and symbols.

In Eastern culture, a technological pattern is also known, which depicts the details of fastenings or bindings that have been lost due to the improvement of production technology. For example, a woven mesh pattern, which is located on top of ceramic vessels, is explained by art historians by the ancient production technology that existed long before the advent of the potter's wheel. So, at first a frame was made of rods, which was then coated with clay. Later pattern left by

rods, began to repeat a special, special pattern on clay pots, bowls and other types of dishes.

Ornament usually performs the functionframing. This is well seen in oriental carpets.

If we compare an ornament with a specific object image, the first one has a more hidden and deep meaning, and the image methods can be safely called a game technique. In the process of artistic play, light, water, sky or earth will be symbolically depicted on the surface in a certain tone or combination of patterns.