REFLECTION OF SOCIO-CULTURAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF THE RENAISSANCE IN THE DECORATIVE AND APPLIED ARTS OF THE XV-XVI CENTURIES (ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE EUROPEAN TRELLIS)

The article presents an analysis of European tapestries of the XV-XVI centuries, in the context of new artistic ideas and the needs of European society of the Renaissance. Analyzing the plots that formed the basis of the sketches that were used to make cardboard for tapestries, the authors trace the changes that took place in the socio-cultural life of European countries of this era. The circle of customers is expanding, they are now not only representatives of the highest. Describing the features of the artistic design of Renaissance tapestries created in France and Flanders, the authors convincingly prove that, despite the fact that the technique of making tapestries in the Renaissance did not change significantly, nevertheless, there are noticeable changes in the plot content. The tapestries reflected the General tendencies of the Renaissance to poetize man and the world. The Renaissance gave rise to an interest in the human person and in nature. The compositional solution has changed, and the plots have expanded significantly. Now, along with traditional religious biblical and allegorical motifs, tapestries are enriched with mythological and literary subjects, they reflect the events of ancient and modern history, and embody a certain propaganda of the image of Royal power.