Ornamental animal forms in Kazakh folk art.

The use of ornamental animal forms is distinctive of Kazakh folk art. This is not surprising, you only need to look at the prominent presence of it in the interior of yurts. And the expressiveness of the interaction of colour and lines in the ornamental compositions can not fail to impress the beholder: it is strikingly consistant with the culture of the steppe. Therefore in folk art the wealth of mythical animal characters and the …

…elements, forms, methods of composition, which enable it to be identified with the culture of the nation as a whole. The art of the Kazakh people is inately linked to the culture of the nomadic period, whose changes over time have meant losses in the field of traditional crafts. The whole economic activity of the nomad was connected with the animal kingdom and constant migration and their morals and manners were reflected in folk art.