{"id":7125,"date":"2016-12-24T23:28:40","date_gmt":"2016-12-24T19:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oontz.ru\/?p=7125"},"modified":"2016-12-30T01:52:01","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T21:52:01","slug":"brick-pics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oontz.ru\/en\/2016\/12\/24\/brick-pics\/","title":{"rendered":"The 20th century rock painting"},"content":{"rendered":"

When in Russia, you are sure to spot these giant mosaics on building walls \u2013 animals and birds, objects, emblems and slogans masoned with bricks.
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\nThe locals don’t pay much attention to it these days. People got used to them, these mosaics are the heritage of the past that slowly becomes a part of the modern urban environment. But each one had its meaning once \u2013 a commemorative date, the year when the building was completed, or a propaganda call.<\/p>\n

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A house made of bricks will last for a hundred years or more, so those pictures will last just the same \u2013 looking down, calling upon, reminding of the past, immured and hardwired. The most important messages of its era, directed at a suburban dweller. Tattoos that can’t be removed. The 20th century rock painting \u2013 unexplored and non-attributed.<\/p>\n

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Simonenkova Street, Sergiyev Posad<\/p><\/div>\n

The slogans made with bricks line by line, as if by the TV scanning beam, reflecting the major events of its time.<\/p>\n