#Ukrainian Art

[hubt0i]

💃💃💃💃мені ліньки писати це англійською, малювала цю панянку на зламаний планшет від юартіст у тг 💃💃💃💃

[vintage-ukraine]

At the Market in Kosiv by Mykola Varennia, 1991

[estranhossonhos]

History and fashion nerds rejoice, I hadn't anticipated the post stretching out quite so much, but I think you might enjoy it - or at least I hope so! 🤍

- note added after final review because, well, it's about my latest adhd induced hyperfixation.

Ok, first of all - LOOK AT THE DETAILS ON THAT ILLUSTRATION!! ABSOLUTELY PERFECT! Congratulations and please keep up your amazing work, @marichka!💗

But you know what I loved the most? The fact that this post showed up, out of nowhere (I didn't know nor followed @marichka's art until now - I suggest you do the same and follow them) when, for the past few weeks, I've been on Pinterest, pinning illustrations and old photos that showcase the Portuguese* folk/traditional clothing.

On the left an example of a girl wearing the Ukrainian shawl; on the right, a girl wearing the Portuguese shawl.

After avoiding and even ignoring this part of my ancestors' history, I've recently fell in love with it, after receiving two traditional black scarfs. And I've been reading a lot more about them, after looking for inspiration on Pinterest, so I can experiment and include in my daily outfits for this season. They resembles a lot with the Ukrainian scarfs, and from other countries as well, that were heavily influenced by Moorish, Mediterranean, and Atlantic cultures.

I mean, they all have obviously their own differences and charm, but this is why I love to study history so much: it always fascinating to notice how we are all connected. Through language, costums, clothing, and/or other aspects that we think are uniquely our own, but somehow - through positive influence or sometimes - impossible to not mention human's dark nature - through appropriation, invasions, war, etc. Whether this commom thread that unites us has its origin on genuine admiration, positive cultural exchanges or in malice, I just wanted to congratulate @marichka's amazing attention to detail with those scarfs, and the rest of her work, of course. Which, by the way, is part of their illustration series on Ukrainian headdresses. 😍

Ugh, I just love when these tiny life coincidences happen - it always makes my day!

But before I post this rambling, I hope the artist doesn't mind I take the chance to showcase more photos of the Portuguese shawl (and the rest of the portuguese traditional clothing), above-mentioned.

Extract from @marichka's post, that started this never ending post （〃'◡'〃）

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You can read more about them Portuguese Folklore on this website, but I recommend starting on this article if you just want to check clothing: The Variety of traditional clothing in Porttugal/ A variedade dos trajes tradicionais em Portugal - Folclore.PT The shawl/ O Xaile | Trajes tradicionais portugueses - Folclore.PT

And here are some photos (photos are hyperlinked to other own article of origin):

Part of the Vianesa Traditional Dressing, which is now considered an icon of the city of Viana do Castelo.

«A woman from Minho with a algibeira» - algibeira are pouches that women would add to their waist apron (in front or underneath) and depending on their status they were either have lots of colours, motifs, etc.

Lavradeiras da Abelheira (Cliché of the distinguished amateur Mr. Emigdio Freitas, from Porto) in "Ilustração Portuguesa", nº709 – September 22, 1919

This photo was not taken from the website Folclore.pt website. Had to take it from here, to show you a similar to the one I got.

Different ways to wear, as a headscarf - depending on your region, weather, status, work-life, etc.

And finally, I just now this found website that apparently is a «project for the preservation of European culture in the field of customs related to traditional dances», and this page summarises Portugal's: Portugal – 4DCulture Platform

The Wedding Dance (1566) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

For now they only have information on Bulgaria, Germany, Lithuania, Portugal and Greece. But it has the European Commission's support and we need to, now more than ever, elevate and keep on supporting all cultural databases (online* and offline - check what you can do locally: on your local library or museums, for example).

*I don't want to prolong this any further, but regarding those online databases, I am again talking about the incoming digital dark ages, that every day seems to become more and more real. You can, and should, read more about it by searching the latest Internet Archive news, or you can start here: - Shining a Light on the Digital Dark Age - Long Now - We're losing our digital history. Can the Internet Archive save it? - The New Digital Dark Age | WIRED - and this video essay (that's already pending urgent updating, but that is still a valid complement to the 3 articles highlighted above):

Uhhh, I've been drawing these ornaments for so long💙 I like to dig in some kind of ornament, or leaves, or a forest and just decoratively draw everything, it's like meditation for me The only downside is that I draw such things for a very long time, and sometimes I disappear from social networks How do you like this illustration?

[herodesmagnus]

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[random-brushstrokes]

Leonid Pasternak  (Ukrainian, 1862–1945) - The Torments of Creative Work

[san-demetrio-corone]

Kyiv-based artist Alexey Kondakov uses surrealistic documentary photography to superimpose figures from classical artwork into everyday scenes of modern life. He is renowned for his Photoshopped collage series in which Kyiv, Ukraine served as the backdrop for characters from old world masterpieces. The artist merges the past and the present, showing with a deft eye how classical figures fit seamlessly into contemporary situations that, in themselves, are timeless.

[deyeryrey]

Today I present to you...

Ukrainian Miku!!

🌻🐝🇺🇦🌻🐝🐝🇺🇦🌻🌻🇺🇦🐝🌻

[0alix0]

made in times of my mlb-rewrite obsession

[doctahchang]

my favourite ukrainian artist oleksandr murashko :) need to chomp on his artworks so bad just to be able to work with colour like that

[folklorespring]

Veronika Kozhushko, young Ukrainian artist, was killed today by russia. This is her last drawing.

[vyvilha]

115 years since the birth of ukrainian folk artist maria prymachenko

[hubt0i]

brat summer? wrong💥

Ukrainian miku summer☀️🧋

I love this trend (?) and miku omg

[vintage-ukraine]

Steamboat on the Dnipro by Mykola Hlushchenko, 1967

[littlestoneinspace]

Farewell, I-Chaya

Old unpublished art from 2021

[restless-historian]

Ukrainian houses on a moonlit night, Hryhoriy Svitlytskyi, 1912, oil on canvas, 54x82 cm

[random-brushstrokes]

Evgeni Vasilevich Chuikov - Gathering Mushrooms (1962)