CRAFTS, REALITIES AND LIFE IN BULGARIAN CHRISTIAN ART Cover Image

ЗАНАЯТИ, РЕАЛИИ И БИТ В БЪЛГАРСКОТО ХРИСТИЯНСКО ИЗКУСТВО
CRAFTS, REALITIES AND LIFE IN BULGARIAN CHRISTIAN ART

Author(s): Marieta Savcheva
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Sociology of Art, History of Art
Published by: Софийски университет »Св. Климент Охридски«
Keywords: realia; crafts; blacksmithing; woodworking and woodcarving; copperwork; fur; embroidery; ceramics; weaving; mutafchi craft

Summary/Abstract: The study reveals the multifaceted information presented to us by the works of Bulgarian Christian art. Attention is paid to the traditional crafts, which are reflected in the icons and murals. These are blacksmithing, woodworking and woodcarving, coppersmithing, furriery, embroidery, ceramics, weaving, mutafchi craft. A detailed description of the Bulgarian interior, realia and household items woven into the context of the iconographic canon is made. The text is visualized with author's illustrations related to the topic.