Yankovska D. Oriental influences in ornamental patterns of the Ukrainian icons at the close of the 16th-17th centuries.

The question of oriental influences in ornamental patterns of the Ukrainian icons at the close of the 16th-17th centuries is examined by the thesis. On basis of the complex approach to the object and subject of the research, the pre-conditions of the influences of Moslem East on the Ukrainian art at the close of the 16th-17th centuries are defined, general tendencies in development of the ornamental patterns of icons are described, evolution of the ornamental patterns under study within the context of the artistic events of that time - western European and oriental influences are retraced. Comparative analysis of the ornamental patterns of the Ukrainian icons and those of the Moslem East discovered multiple analogues of the schemes and motives in both ornamental complexes. The schemes and most of the motives in the ornamental patterns of the icons are considered to be oriental by origin, their development in oriental ornamental patterns and in the ornament of the Ukrainian icons are retraced.