Download or read book History of Ukrainian Costume written by K. Stamerov and published by Melbourne : Bayda Books. This book was released on 1986 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains a brief and systemized look at the history of costumes in Ukraine from the times of the Scythians up to the end of the 17th century.
Download or read book Ukrainian Costume written by Tamara Nikolaieva and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-12 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This generously illustrated album-monograph is dedicated to one of the brightest marvels of traditional culture - the Ukrainian national costume. It is a phenomenon that embraces material, spiritual and artistic treasures of our nation. It is an important contribution because the history of costume mirrors many dimensions of human development and reveals the integration of body, mind and spirit as an aesthetic whole with all of its social facets. A comprehensive study of clothing preserves valuable historic information about national character and reveals many layers of social, casual, ceremonial and chronological trends. The research material upon which this volume is based, is especially valuable as it draws upon different aspects and diverse perspectives.For these reasons, Ukrainian national dress is portrayed as an important historical national phenomenon that was formed over the course of many centuries. It begins with the early Slavic period from the initial stages of primary clothing forms. It traces common and local Ukrainian features that have been evolving through the process of inter-ethnic coalescence during different periods. Striking reconstructions of historical costumes demonstrate an advanced artistic culture of Ukrainians whose talents were woven into a myriad of eras: Kyiv Rus', Middle Ages, Baroque, Classicism, and Romanticism. It is also shown how it contributed to later stylistic trends, all the way up to modem times.This book clearly represents 19th century Ukrainian traditional costume, complete with its classical local variations. Detailed cut outs and decorations, drawings of clothing elements and elaborate reconstructions call out artistic characteristics of our national costume as a distinctive aesthetic phenomenon. Attention is also paid to an analysis of the creation process so that one can see how technique and methods of composition present an inexhaustible source for contemporary designers and artists today.Complete artistic costume reconstructions are unique and extremely important because they are proven authentic by documents. Within this framework, a combination of the field, museum, archive, literature, decorative and scientific research materials hold validity. In addition to using reconstructions by different talent from different times, the book distills details from original sources reflecting specific historic periods. A broad scope of types of Ukrainian people adds another dimension to the depiction of evolutionary cultural processes.A Ukrainian woman has always had elegant taste and a refined sense of beauty. She would spin, dye, weave, and sew every detail of her clothing at home. The finished garment would be decorated by applique and artistically hand embroidered. Every element was intentional; each performed its unique function and carried a special meaning that would organically strengthen the general aesthetic composition. Both the creation of each costume component and the very process of dressing were performed with a certain consistency and were accompanied by special rituals. Costume details and ornaments always contained guardian symbols. All these components are fundamental to understanding the essence and dynamics of the Ukrainian character. The beauty of this unique encyclopedia of clothing is that while it is the historic definition of dress, it also delves into the aesthetic and ethnic riches of Ukrainians.The inexhaustibility of material and ideas about traditional cultures provides boundless space for methods of self-expression and implementation of new creative ideas and discoveries. It functions as a foundation upon which our contemporaries' talents can flourish. That is why this book is so precious. It is the result of the long creative path paved by its author - researcher, historian and artist - who shares with us not only scientific revelations, but a panoramic vision of the beauty and power of her native culture.
Download or read book History of Ukrainian Costume written by K. Stamerov and published by Melbourne : Bayda Books. This book was released on 1986 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Russian Costume from the Eleventh to the Twentieth Century written by T. S. Aleshina and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1977 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Jewish Cultural Tapestry International Jewish Folk Traditions written by Steven M. Lowenstein Isadore Levine Professor of Jewish History University of Judaism and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2001-05-17 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, in one compact volume, is an illuminating survey of Jewish folkways on five continents. Filled with fascinating facts and keen insights, The Jewish Cultural Tapestry is a richly woven fabric that vividly captures the diversity of Jewish life. All Jews are bound together by the common thread of the Torah and the Talmud, notes author Steven Lowenstein, but this thread takes on a different coloration in different parts of the world, as Jewish tradition and local non-Jewish customs intertwine. Lowenstein describes these widely varying regional Jewish cultures with needlepoint accuracy, highlighting the often surprising similarities between Jewish and non-Jewish local traditions, and revealing why Jewish customs vary as much as they do from region to region. We visit the great Ashkenazic and Sephardic cultures of Europe and the Mediterranean; the unique Jewish cultures of Iraq, Persia, Ethiopia and Yemen; the little-known cultures of the Bukharian Jews of Central Asia, the Cochin Jews of India, and the Kaifeng Jews of China. We read about regional religious practices, wedding ceremonies and marriage customs; different traditions of Jewish music and Jewish dress; and the origins of Jewish names. Lowenstein also surveys Jewish cuisine around the world, offering easy-to-prepare traditional recipes, ranging from kugel and blintzes to Malawach from Yemen, T'beet from Iraq, Mina de Cordero from Turkey, and Passover Soup from Uzbekistan. From Europe to India, Israel to America, The Jewish Cultural Tapestry offers an engaging overview of the customs and folkways of a people united by tradition, yet scattered to the far corners of the earth. Packaged in an attractive large format, this beautifully illustrated volume would be a meaningful gift for the holidays.
Download or read book The Monograph Collections of the Ukrainian Museum of Canada written by Ukrainian Museum of Canada (Saskatoon, Sask.) and published by Saskatoon : The Museum. This book was released on 1988 with total page 1190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ukrainian Epic and Historical Song written by Natalie Kononenko and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2019-03-06 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ukrainian epic, or dumy, were first recorded from blind mendicant minstrels in the nineteenth century, yet they reflect events dating back to as early as the 1300s. Ukrainian Epic and Historical Song provides new translations in contemporary English of these songs of family strife, war, and human dignity. It also explains the historical events celebrated in epic and other historical songs: fierce battles, rebellion against tyranny, the struggles of captivity, the joys of escape from slavery. Natalie Kononenko's expert translation and analysis of Ukrainian epics provides a sweeping social history of folklore that is vital to Ukrainian identity. A translation of at least one variant of every known epic is included. Whereas earlier trends in folklore scholarship emphasized genre purity and compartmentalization, Kononenko critically examines the events about which songs were sung. Her emphasis on the lives of ordinary people rather than on leaders reshapes our understanding of how epics were composed and performed. Kononenko's ground-breaking analysis also illuminates Ukrainian self-understanding and explains how songs preserve and perpetuate historical memory. Scholars interested in epic song, history, and general folklore will benefit from this work. Members of the Ukrainian diaspora will find new appreciation of Ukrainian folklore.
Download or read book A short History of Ukraine written by Mykhailo Hrushevsky and published by XinXii. This book was released on 2024-03-23 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As with many peoples who return to political life late in life, history, the guardian of the past and the inspiration of the present, has played a role in the Ukrainian renaissance that cannot be overstated. Throughout the 19th century, a host of writers and scholars devoted their energies and time to delving into the annals of the nation; they wanted to bring before the eyes of their compatriots the heroic struggles of their ancestors, to seek out the ideas that had sustained them in their sorrows, to find the thread that connects the mentality of today with that of the past, to show their precursors to the new apostles. Many of these historians, whether distinguished by their literary qualities or by the solidity of their science, have made themselves known to the literate world of Europe above all by their writings in Russian, German or Polish. But never a work which claimed to expose clearly the general history of Ukraine appeared in any of the great European languages. And yet Voltaire was struck by the original features of our nation in his time. Already in the 17th century our great national struggles for freedom had aroused the interest of the civilised world and were the subject of a host of memoirs in Latin, French, Italian and German. We shall only quote those of Beauplan, Chevalier, Vimina and Grondski, which gave their contemporaries a fairly accurate idea of what was then happening in Eastern Europe. It is therefore surprising that Ukrainian scholars have not made the results of their work on the history of our nation accessible to the widest possible audience. From the point of view of the interest it can inspire, both to the sociologist, the historian of law and morals, and to the curious person interested in “human documents” and the simple lover of dramatic situations and glorious exploits, it is in no way inferior to that of other peoples...
Download or read book Directory of Museums written by Kenneth Hudson and published by Springer. This book was released on 1975-06-18 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Byzantine Women written by Lynda Garland and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together a group of international scholars, who explore many unusual aspects of the world of Byzantine women in the period 800-1200. The specific aim of this collection is to investigate the participation of women - non-imperial women in particular - in supposedly 'masculine' fields of operation. This new research across a range of disciplines attempts to provide an analysis of the activities of and attitudes towards Byzantine women in this period. Using evidence from sources as diverse as tax registers, monastic foundation documents, twelfth-century novels, historical texts, art history and the writings of women themselves, such as the hymnographer Kassia and the historian Anna Komnene, these papers elucidate the context in which Byzantine women lived. They emphasize the variety of female experiences, the circumstances that shaped women's lives, and the ways in which individual women were perceived by their society. Contributions focus on women's dress, their participation in the street life of Constantinople, their appearance in Byzantine fiscal documents, their monastic foundations, their engagement with entertainment at the imperial court, and the way heroines are portrayed in the Byzantine novels. Analysis of the writings of the hymnographer Kassia, the networking of Mary 'of Alania' and the ways she overcame the disadvantages of being a foreign-born empress, and the family values reflected in Anna Komnene's Alexiad, draw attention to specific problems. All these aim to expand our understanding of the circumstances that shaped women's lives and expectations in the Middle Byzantine period and to analyze the range of women's experiences, the roles they played and the impact they made on society.
Download or read book Fashion through History written by Giovanna Motta and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-11 with total page 667 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book arises from an international conference held at Sapienza University in Rome, Italy, in May 2015, and it includes papers by important Italian scholars of fashion. It is dedicated to one of the main indicators of social change, fashion, analysed within different scientific fields, historical periods, and geographical areas. This volume deals with issues of economy and fashion, copyright, industrial designs, trademarks, trade secrets, and patents, as well as new communication devices and strategies in the era of increasing globalization and market integration. Contributions analyze fashion blogs, fashion communication strategies, relations between fashion and technology, social media, grass-roots communication, social and cultural aspects of digital technologies, mobile fashion applications, and the dynamic fashion system in the virtual world. Visual identification symbols of fashion details, such as the Catalan hat or the Basque beret, the concept of “Made in Italy” and its success in the world, and new materials and technological innovations are also explored.
Download or read book From the Ukraine to Ukraine written by Matthew Kasianov, Georgiy Minakov, Mykhailo Rojansky and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors to this collection explore the multidimensional transformation of independent Ukraine and deal with her politics, society, private sector, identity, arts, religions, media, and democracy. Each chapter reflects the up-to-date research in its sub-discipline, is styled for use in seminars, and includes a bibliography as well as a recommended reading list. These studies illustrate the deep changes, yet, at the same time, staggering continuity in Ukraine’s post-Soviet development as well as various counter-reactions to it. All nine chapters are jointly written by two co-authors, one Ukrainian and one Western, who respond here to recent needs in international higher education. The volume’s contributors include, apart from the editors: Margarita M. Balmaceda (Seton Hall University), Oksana Barshynova (Ukrainian National Arts Museum), Tymofii Brik (Kyiv School of Economics), José Casanova (Georgetown University), Diana Dutsyk (Kyiv-Mohyla Academy), Marta Dyczok (University of Western Ontario), Hennadii Korzhov (Kyiv Polytechnic Institute), Serhiy Kudelia (Baylor University), Pavlo Kutuev (Kyiv Polytechnic Institute), Olena Martynyuk (Columbia University), Oksana Mikheieva (Ukrainian Catholic University), Tymofii Mylovanov (University of Pittsburgh), Andrian Prokip (Ukrainian Institute for the Future), Oxana Shevel (Tufts University), Ilona Sologoub (Kyiv School of Economics), Maksym Yenin (Kyiv Polytechnic Institute), and Yuliya Yurchenko (University of Greenwich).
Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 1468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canadian Slavonic Papers written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ukrainian chronicle of clothing written by Zinaïda Oleksandrivna Vasina and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ukrainian Dance written by Andriy Nahachewsky and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2011-11-16 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ukrainian dance is remarkably enduring in its popularity and still performed in numerous cultural contexts. This text unpacks the complex world of this ethnic dance, with special attention to the differences between vival dance (which requires being fully engaged in the present moment) and reflective dance (dance connected explicitly to the past). Most Ukrainian vival dances have been performed by peasants in traditional village settings, for recreational and ritual purposes. Reflective Ukrainian dances are performed more self-consciously as part of a living heritage. Further sub-groups are examined, including national dances, recreational/educational dances, and spectacular dances on stage.
Download or read book Kharkov Kharkiv written by Volodymyr Kravchenko and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2023-04-14 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kharkiv is Ukraine’s second largest city and its former capital. Situated within 40 km of the Ukrainian-Russian border it is one of those East-Central European “liminal” cities which became a center of modernization and pluralization in the borderland area, playing a prominent role in the process of nation building. Volodymyr Kravchenko’s expanded edition of Kharkov/Kharkiv, now in the English-language and including a new chapter on the reconfiguration of the Ukrainian-Russian borderland during and after the watershed Euromaidan event, uniquely uncovers the city’s long history, from the 17th century to today. Addressing issues of regional and national identities, Ukrainian-Russian relations, mental mapping, historical narratives and the ensuing de/reconstruction of national mythologies, this book, fills a unique gap in the literature on Kharkiv.
