Russian lacquer
 

Ludmila Pirogov
Russian lacquer

 Russian lacquer painting - a unique phenomenon of world culture. Having imbibed the tried and tested for centuries to achieve the lacquer art of East and West, it has enriched his experience and unique national identity, has expanded his imaginative world. Products with a lacquer miniature painting ceased to be purely utilitarian thanks to the high skill of Russian masters, they became works of art, with a variety of themes, plots and images. Lacquer miniatures - is not only concentrated joy, joy to the eyes, but also food for the mind, solace for the soul. They are easy to carry, they are not saddled with the owner of size and interior considerate, do not destroy the style of large forms, mass and color.

The art of lacquer painting emerged several thousand years ago in China. During the excavation of ancient tombs discovered lacquer, relating to the era of Shang Yin (1766-1122 years. BC). Luck was covered with household utensils, dishes and ceremonial vessels, horse harnesses, bows and arrows, decorated carriages. Varnishes as written in ink, used for surface protection products, and decorative purposes.

From Chinese lacquer art spread to Korea, Japan, the countries of Indochina, India and Persia. Ways of manufacturing paints a large extent determined by the existence in these regions, the lacquer tree (in China, "chi-shu" in Japan, "Urus-no-ki" in Vietnam "Kay-Shawn"). Each country has developed lacquer technique in its own way, something borrowing from his neighbors, improving their experience and bringing in his own. The Japanese, who had met with Chinese lacquer, surpassed them, especially in the painting using gold and silver powder in the technique makie "and" Nasidze.

In Iran, used a special paint, part of which was sandarac - fragrant resin of North African conifer, which is inferior in quality lacquers, China and Japan. In India, where the lacquer art has been known since the XV-XVI centuries, the paint was made from flax seed and gum ...
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