City art therapy

We have all heard that color affects people and

their mood. That is why, choosing a new car / clothes / bag / watch / wallpaper (the list goes on), we pay so much attention to color. In the shops, passing by the boutiques of famous brands, you can often hear such scraps “Oh, this color isn’t mine,” “this color makes me fat,” “this color is sad like this.” An abandoned gatekeeper in the woods! All right, I overreacted. Why is that so? important? The color palette directly or indirectly affects us. Whether we like it or not. This knowledge has long been adopted by advertisers, psychologists of all stripes, doctors, builders and vendors. Scientists say that the degree of influence of color on humans So great that it can affect performance, attention, Emotions, appetite and even immunity!

Here, in St. Petersburg, where the number of sunny days per year can be recalculated by the number of sections in central heating batteries where stress As familiar as a handkerchief in your pocket and an umbrella under your armpit, at least something. It was supposed to lift the mood, even if it was just subconscious. And help. Architects came not only ingenious forms of buildings, but also colors!

Now let’s try using modern knowledge. Analyze the colors of St. Petersburg from the point of view of its impact on man! St. Petersburg was originally regular city. What does that mean? And that with Peter I, and with subsequent autocrats All buildings were regulated: number of windows, floors, height, angle The ray of roofs and even the internal layout - everything was prescribed in special documents. And the colors of the facades! What colors prevailed in St. Petersburg? For the period Petrine Baroque classic and exemplary were red, orange-red necessarily with white, in more late times - yellow, light yellow (especially this color is characteristic of the state). institutions), light green, light blue. And, attention: no dark tones! Only light rainbow colors. It's It means that even in the most gray weather and in the worst mood, these bright The colors influenced the people and made their lives a little better! And also this. Even three hundred years ago, they were among the creators and legislators of the city. Good psychologists.

This tradition continues today. And so we can Admire the colors of St. Petersburg and relieve stress in any weather.

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