The evolution of the artistic culture of Georgia: from mythological tradition to the professional art

Georgia has a rich and distinctive national artistic culture. Her unique artistic tradition found fruitful reflection in the national culture and professional art. Artistic culture of the Georgian integrates several constant fields of folk art (poetic, musical, decorative, entertainment), genre and species richness of professional art. It is noted that the mythopoetic layer of the Georgian artistic culture ate Greek mythology. For many centuries the cultural and historical development of Georgia a sense of beauty and passion of aesthetic perception of the beauty of mountains, streams, flower gardens, are embodied in various spheres of folk art. The originality of the artistic culture that developed under the influence of geographical, historical and mental factors, is that all of its components with aesthetic characteristics reflect inherent to the Georgian people a reverence for the values of life and national traditions. Each of the us spheres of art culture Georgia reflects the different facets of aesthetic attitude towards nature, work, family, friendship, and crafts and singing and dancing art, traditions of folklore. All these facets are inseparable from the cult of Georgians to their history, national symbols and traditions of ritual and ceremonial character.