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Alexandra, Princess of Wales, 1864, Franz Xaver Winterhalter

Medium: oil,canvas

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#akdeniz #mediteraneansea #mediterranean #turkey #hermes trismegistus #hermes #izmir #selcuk #efesselçuk #efesantikkent #efesios #efes #efeso #anadolu efes

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Hermes Trismegistus Efes

#efesios #efes #efesantikkent #efesselçuk #efeso #anadolu efes #turkey #amazing #hermes #hermes trismegistus

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Київщина. Ілюстрації Ф. Солнцева

Kyiv region, Ukraine. Illustration by F. Solntzev

Source https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/search/index?format=html&keywords=ukraine&per_page=250&utf8=%E2%9C%93&page=5#/?scroll=40

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Digital artist Daniel Voshart recreates the ‘real’ faces of Roman emperors thanks to machine learning. You can learn more about the process, discover more emperors or buy a poster here.

[Marcus Aurelius]

[Lucius Verus]

[Trajan]

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19 українських народних духових інструментів

19 Ukrainian folk wind instruments

1. Флоєрка - Гуцульщина 

    Floyerka -  Hutsul region (Western Ukraine)

2.Телинка - Гуцульщина 

   Telynka - Hutsul region (Western Ukraine)

3.Свищик, свистунець - всі регіони України 

   Svyschyk -  all regions of Ukraine

4.Зозулька (поч. 20-ст.) - Буковина, Гуцульщина

  Zozulka (the begining of XX century) -  Hutsul region and Bukovyna region     (Western Ukraine)

5.Джоломига, дводенцівка  - Гуцульщина  

   Jolomiga, dvodenzivka  - Hutsul region (Western Ukraine)

6.Денцівка - Гуцульщина 

  Dentsivka - Hutsul region (Western Ukraine)

7.Ріжок (конструкція Дмитра Демінчука) - Волинь

   Horn (design by Dmitry Deminchuk) - Volyn region (Northen Ukraine)

8.Дудка-викрутка - Полісся

  Dudka-vykrutka - Polissia (Northern Ukraine) 

9.Дуда - Гуцульщина 

  Duda - Hutsul region (Western Ukraine)

10.Флояра - Гуцульщина

     Floyara - Hutsul region (Western Ukraine)

11.Дерев'яний ріг - Гуцульщина 

   Wooden Horn -  Hutsul region (Western Ukraine)

12.Ріг - всі регіони України

    Horn - all regions of Ukraine

13.Лігава (Поліська труба) - Полісся 

    Ligava (Polissyan  trumpet) - Polissya (Northern Ukraine)

14.Народна сопілка - всі регіони України 

    Sopilka - all regions of Ukraine

15.Пищик - всі регіони України

    Pyshchyk - all regions of Ukraine

16.Трембіта - Гуцульщина

    Trembita - Hutsul region

17.Дуда (гайта) (конструкція Євгена Іларіонова)

    Duda (haita) (Yevgeny Ilarionov’s design)

18.Дримба - Гуцульщина 

    Drimba - Hutsul Region (Western Ukraine)

19.Сурма (конструкція Євгена Іларіонова)

    Surma - (Yevgeny Ilarionov’s design)

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could you talk about crimean culture?

Crimea is a unique cultural region. At least three known civilizations have left their mark upon Crimean history : the Antique, the Byzantine and the Muslim. Crimean tatars are a group native to Crimea with their own ancient history and culture. The current Crimean Tatar identity is based on a Turkic and Kipchak ethnic and cultural core with a substantial infusion of other ethnic, linguistic and cultural components, including Iranian, Greek, Oghuz Turkic etc.

Crimean Tatar culture reached its peak and flourished during the period of Crimean Khanate. Throughout Crimea there were numerous guilds of craftsmen : weavers, jewelers, stone-carvers, embroiders, armorers, calligraphers, tinkers, potters and others. The skillful handiworks of local artisans were presented to foreign diplomats as a generous gifts, which served as an important component of the Khan`s etiquette.

The loss of statehood after Crimea`s annexation by the Russian Empire in 1783 (from 1478 the Crimean Khan was a vassal of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and according to the Kyuchuk-Kainardzhi peace treaty of 1774, the Crimean Khanate gained independence)  had a negative impact on the cultural development of the Crimean Tatar people. Scholars of Crimean history have noted that, in order to counteract the influences of foreigh ethnic groups, the local culture entered a period of self-isolation and conservation. The professional art of craftsmen went into a final decline during the 19th century because objects of high artistic value, whose creation required a great investment of time and skill, could not compete with cheap though inferior manufactured goods. Only women`s home-based crafts, such as weaving and embroidery, continued to be widely practiced. The traditions of textile production and decoration  were passed down from one generation of women to the next.

During the mid-1920s and early 1930s, there were a short revival of traditional folk arts and crafts. Numerous co-ops of embroiders, weavers  and potters appeared throughout Crimea, and an Artisan and Industrial Techical Shool for Oriental Peoples admitted its first students in the town of Bakhchysaray.

The 1940s were  a crucial phase in the history of Crimean Tatar people. During the time of Stalinism and represion, Crimean Tatars suffered unjust persecutions and reprisals. This native nation of Crimea survived the tragedy of deportation, now considered an act of genocide. Not only did the deportation have a devastating effect on the Crimean Tatar population itself, but also dealt a deadly blow to the culture`s traditional folk art.

In the early 1990s, when some of Crimean Tatar population returned to their homeland, a gradual process of recovering the lost values and traditions began.

 In 1997, artist Ayshe Osmanova organized the Marama Creative Association in  Bakhchysaray, which worked toward restoring old traditions in the art of embroidery using gold thread.

In 1999, jewelry artist Mechti Islamov established the Dyulber Jewelry House, which specializes in making quality jewelry of high artistic value

In 2006, master ceramist Rustem Skibin established the Creative Studio El-Cheber.

There are numerous artists in Crimea, who are striving to revive folk art.

This text and some illustrations I took from a broshure Crimean Style, which I have at my home library. It is mostly dedicated to contemporary Crimean artists, but its intruduction I find quite informative.

Talking about traditional wear of Crimean Tatars, I want to show you this Vogue project.

Source https://ipress.ua/ru/news/natsyonalniy_kostyum_krimskyh_tatarok__proekt_zhurnala_vogue_202147.html

If you would like to know more about the status of Crimean Tatars in modern Ukraine, please follow this link https://ukrainer.net/crimean-tatars-who-are-they/ to read an English-language article on the Ukraїner`s site. 

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Проект “Спадок”. Підбірка випусків про Центральну та Східну Україну

“Spadok” project. A selection of issues about Central and Eastern Ukraine

1) Cherkasy region

2) Kyiv region

3) Sumy region

4) Kharkiv region

5) Donetsk region

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З Днем Вишиванки! Сьогодні до вашої уваги традиційні українські сорочки із таких регіонів:

1. Волинь 2. Закарпаття 3.Львівщина 4.Поділля 5. Черкащина 6.Тернопіль 7.Київщина 8.Одещина.

Happy Vyshyvanka Day! Vyshyvanka is  a type of traditional Ukrainian shirt decorated with embroidery. Today we bring your attention to traditional Ukrainian shirts from the following regions:

1. Volyn region 2. Transcarpathia 3.Lviv region 4.Podillya 5.Cherkasy region 6.Ternopil region 7.Kyiv region 8.Odesa region

All photos are from here https://www.facebook.com/UIFH.official/

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Ілюстрації А. Базилевича до “Енеїди” —   української бурлескної поеми І. Котляревського

Illustrations to «Eneyida» — Ukrainian burlesque poem, written by Ivan Kotlyarevsky  by A. Bazylevych

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Сорочки Східного Поділля (Вінницька область)

Shirts of the East Podillya (Vinnytsia region), Ukraine

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© Наталя Павлусенко

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Dnipro, Ukraine