The History of Kievan Rus's culture spans several centuries. Eastern Slavs was political Union a little less than three hundred years. However, during this period it was formed of their spiritual community. This community today has a considerable influence on the Eastern Slavic peoples, standing apart from the other Slavs and traditionally considered to be very close to each other. The culture of medieval Kievan state came to us in tangible and intangible evidence of IX-XVI centuries: archaeological artifacts, priceless frescoes and icons of the monasteries, the architectural forms, the most important written sources of folk epics that shed light on the spiritual ancestors of the medieval Slavs, and so on. When we speak of ancient civilization, usually referring to a period that lasted from the beginning of the actual statehood in the ninth century until the final consolidation of the Moscow Kingdom in the XVI century.
Culture of Kievan Rus: a brief literature
Writing itself is a great category. However, she is bound with her very closely. It is through scientific, religious, diplomatic, political and legal texts manifests itself culture. The appearance of the Eastern Slavs of writing associated primarily with the activities of the Greek Orthodox missionaries, Cyril and Methodius. And with the penetration of Christianity involves the intensive development of culture of Kievan Rus. The Slavs got the opportunity not occasionally (of course, there were some educated people here and before), and widely to enjoy books and the most progressive at that time of civilization, which is Christian Byzantium.
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Culture of Kievan Rus briefly about the visual arts
Among other things, the Orthodoxy and stimulated the development of artistic skills of local craftsmen. This is manifested first of all in the frescoes and mosaics, which was generously studded with the walls of temples. An important part of art was a painting of icons. Interestingly, the influence of the Byzantine canons in iconography is apparent in the further culture of the Russian lands even more than in architecture.
Culture of Kievan Rus briefly about the music
The Musical culture was closely connected with the local folklore. The latter is expressed mainly through the iconic songs, poetry, epics, and so on. By the way, in this area the influence of Orthodoxy and Byzantine culture was significantly smaller. Epics and legends rooted in the pagan past of the Slavs.
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