2019, vol. 7, no. 4. Akchurina-Muftieva N.M.

2019, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 663-673

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22378/2313-6197.2019-7-4.663-673

   ISLAMIC TRADITIONS OF WATER-SUPPLY CONSTRUCTION
IN THE CRIMEA

N.M. Akchurina-Muftieva
Crimean Engineering and Pedagogical University
Simferopol, Russian Federation
akchurina_05@mail.ru

Abstract: Research objective: To reveal Islamic traditions for creating water sources and fountains in the Crimea, their stone-cutting ornamentation, and to discuss their typology according to their purpose and volume-compositional solutions.
Research materials: The art of the construction of Crimean fountains and their semantic aspects were analyzed in the publications of M. Ginzburg and A.N. Malinov­skaya. Ornamentation and semantics of stone plastics of Muslim structures (fountains and gravestones) were studied by S.M. Chervonnaya and E.A. Aybabina. The issues of orga­nization, typology, ornamentation and semantics of water sources of the 15th–19th centuries have not been practically analyzed so far. On the basis of a small number of extant buildings, as well as archival materials and descriptions of travelers, the author of the article offers an insight into the variety of forms and ornamentation of waterworks of the indicated period.
The novelty and the results of the research: The study of traditional forms of Crimean Tatar artistic creativity contributes to our wider knowledge of the culture of the Crimea, developed at the peninsula since ancient times. Forced relocation, long-term actual prohibitions of the existence and development of the Crimean Tatar art, loss and destruction of its material remains and documents, and the influence of the cultures in the areas of deportation led to the loss of the ethnic memory of the people, as well as reliable and complete information about their traditional art, its symbolism and ornamentation. The identification of the specific characteristics of the artistic language and style, and the recovery of forgotten technologies, encourages a deeper and complete understanding of the genuine folk art and the revival of folk traditions in contemporary art.

Keywords: water resource, fountains, Crimea, Islamic traditions, cutting décor

For citation: Akchurina-Muftieva N.M. Islamic Traditions of Water-Supply Construction in the Crimea. Zolotoordynskoe obozrenie=Golden Horde Review. 2019, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 663–673. DOI: 10.22378/2313-6197.2019-7-4.663-673

REFERENCES

  1. Voroponov O. Sredi krymskikh tatar [Among the Crimean Tatars]. Zabveniyu ne podlezhit (iz istorii krymskotatarskoy gosudarstvennosti i Kryma) [Must Not Consign to Oblivion (from the history of the Crimean Tatar statehood and Crimea)]. Kazan: Tatar Book Publ., 1992, pp. 162–193. (In Russian)
  2. Ginzburg M.Ya. Tatarskoe iskusstvo v Krymu [Tatar arts in the Crimea]. Zabveniyu ne podlezhit (iz istorii krymskotatarskoy gosudarstvennosti i Kryma) [Must Not Consign to Oblivion (from the history of the Crimean Tatar statehood in the Crimea)]. Kazan: Tatarskoe knizhnoe Publ., 1992, pp. 209–217. (In Russian)
  3. Krikun E.V. Pamyatniki krymskotatarskoy arkhitektury [The Monuments of the Crimean Tatar Architecture]. Simferopol: Krymuchpedgiz, 1998. 112 p. (In Russian)
  4. Malinovskaya A.N. Semanticheskoe pole bakhchisarayskogo fontana («slez») v kontekste islamskoy traditsii [Semantic field of Bakhchisaray fountain (“of tears”) in the context of Islam tradition]. Istoriya i arkheologiya yugo-zapadnogo Kryma [History and Archaeology of the South-west of the Crimea]. Simferopol: Tavriya, 1993, pp. 174–187. (In Russian)
  5. Sheykh-Zade I. Sakral’nye motivy v krymskom iskusstve [Sacral Motives in the Crimean Tatar Art] Kasevet. 1995, no. 1, pp. 33–39. (In Russian)
  6. Varişta H. Örcün. İstanbul Çeşmeleri. Kabataş Hekimoğlu Ali Paşa Veydan Çeşmesi [Istanbul Fountains. Fountain Stone Hekimoğlu Ali Pasha Vey]. İstanbul, 1993. 94 p. (In Turkish)
  7. Varişta H. Örcün. Türk el sanatlari [Turkish Handicrafts]. Ankara: Kültür Bakanliği, 1998. 178 p. (In Turkish)

About the author: Nuria M. Akchurina-Muftieva – Dr. Sci. (Art History), Professor, Department of Decorative Arts of the Crimean Engineering and Pedagogical University (8, Uchebnyj lane, Simferopol 295015, Russian Federation). E-mail: akchurina_05@mail.ru

Received  September 25, 2019   Accepted for publication  December 2, 2019
Published Online  December 29, 2019