Jacobean: Virtual Art Exhibition
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Filmed in October 2019. About the exhibition from our mother:
The Jacobean age (from Latin Jacobus, “James”), is the period of visual and literary arts during the reign of King James 1st of England (1603-1625).
Jacobean design was expressed in many different mediums. The art of embroidery for example, which had already been in practice for many centuries before the reign of King James 1, benefited greatly. Its art form was perfected during this period and its popularity became widely spread. It was done on many of the things commonly seen in any Jacobean home including; cushions, wall-hangings, fire screens, and bed-hangings.
Other mediums also benefitting by the Jacobean design, include architecture and furniture.
However, such designs were not confined to England alone, but have found to be common in many different cultures through the centuries.
My own Russian culture, for example, has designs developed over time that are very similar to those of the Jacobean era.
Such beautiful colours always brought a little “Russian Radast” (Russian joy) to my daily life growing up in Russia.
It seems to me that the common creative drive has always been to express the beauty found in nature to the common things in use in every-day life.
Consequently, on discovering Jacobean design I was immediately drawn to its colourful beauty also. This led me to use it in my own art and craft, incorporating it with my own Russian designs.
This exhibition is my wish to share the beauty with others so that many can enjoy a little daily joy in the common things of life and celebrate with me, the artistry of times past.
