SYMBOLS IN THE ORNAMENTAL SYMBOLISM OF THE FOLK ARTS AND CRAFTS OF BUKHARA

Abstract

This article is devoted to the ornamental symbolism of traditional types of ornamental art in Bukhara of the 14th-19th centuries in the general context of artistic crafts. Through stylization, ornamental symbolism, a living, spiritualized world is transmitted. The ornaments and patterns developed over the millennia contain a whole philosophy of world outlook, philosophy of knowledge, philosophy of eras and religion, human understanding of harmony in nature and art.Ornamental symbolism, as noted above, is reflected in the compositions of ornamental art and medieval miniature painting. A whimsical structure of "handasias - geometric symbols and configurations of a circle, triangle, square, cross and elements of figures: a semicircle, ray, straight line, angle, zigzag, spiral, etc., reflects the material world."