Verse:Chlouvānem Inquisition: Difference between revisions

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===Arts===

====Literature====

<!--Chlouvānem literary phases:

veeeeeeeeeeery approximate résumé

- archaic chlouvānem basically in only a few pieces of the Holy Books

- early literature is basically the Holy Books

- early Inquisitorial-era chronicles and mythical (mostly pre-Chlouvānem) folktales collection (I had called this camīdhemānat in laceyiam, need a chl. name); THEIR language basically defines classical chlouvānem. the Holy Books are basically complete by this time (i.e. 1800 years ago); non-scientific religious literature continues with exempla for inquisitorial sermons

- 1) non-religious histories this time start focussing more about common people = some *very* famous tale that influences arts forever since, cf. Amore and Psyche; 2) meanwhile classical poets start composing half-mythical and half-devotional epic poems

- (about 1200 years ago, by the time of the Far Eastern conquest; common people's languages have by this time evolved enough that they're barely intelligible with classical chl.) the golden age of poetry, basically every major work of the era has poetry in it. A notable work is [analogue of One Thousand and One Nights] which takes again the structure of the classic camīdhemānat (or whatever it's called) BUT the histories told are mostly adapted from lands the chlouvānem had expanded in in the meantime

- modern religious poems close the golden age of poetry; (at this time: chlouvānemization of the kans-tsan)

- (about 800/750 years ago) the first noteworthy theatrical plays are written by this era, mainly because of the first contacts with Greater Skyrdagor. early works are about contemporary heroes and taken from modern religious poems

- (650 y.a.) the chl. age of exploration, southern countries (Lūlunimarta?) discover Ogúviutón and Fárásen; southern epic poems concern with this (cf. os Lusíadas). meanwhile there is a newer age of poetry (ghazal?), 'devotional' love being one of the main themes

- (550 y.a.) chlouvānem-Western contacts, exploration of the whole planet, a new era of optimism and "beauty-worshipping": the chlouvānem novel is born

- ""classicism"" (which is not really *classic* but let's use it) with rediscovery of pre-Chlouvānem themes and legends, theatre especially uses those subjects extensively (think of a chl. Jean Racine)

- exoticism and the travel novel

- (350/300 y.a.) the industrial revolution, modernism and progress are the theme of the era, early science fiction works

- 2 centuries ago: rise of politics, a time of both social turmoil but general optimism (e.g. first ideas about forming an all-Inquisitorial nation)

- 1 century ago: the buildup and the realization of the Consolidation bring a massive wave of new explicitely religious literature (talking about proselytism) and the Nāɂahilūmi era marks a revival of epic histories but set in the contemporary age, with the chlouvānem depicted as saviors of the planet (as in the official state ideology, Nāɂahilūmism), this frenzy reaches its peak with the War. however, the best quality of the era is in less publicized, barely political works (esp. poetry, modern post-industrial ""ghazals"", with more emphasis on a 'more natural' setting than the industrial civilization)

- Kaiṣamā era: basically socialist realism, at first concerned with the rebuilding of a better nation after the catastrophical retreat from Evandor, then the building of a yunyalīlti communist society and the Inquisition as an engine of progress (= support to nations gaining independence from their former Western colonial overlords esp. in eastern Védren).

- post-Kaiṣamā (starting 40 years ago and ongoing): more freedom of expression overall, basically everything may be published as long as it's not openly anti-Inquisitorial or socially immoral. novels still predominate but often in a hybrid form extensively using poetry. overall themes focus on the individual's problems and one's own adventures -->

===Clothing===

Clothing styles across the Inquisition are naturally varied because of the vastly different climates found in the country, as every biome apart from polar tundra and polar ice caps is found; most of the Inquisition has a hot climate, often very wet for all or at least half of the year, but on the other end of the scale there are places such as Yænyadagura, one of the coldest large cities of the planet, where temperatures far below freezing reign for most of the year.<br/>All clothes come in a variety of colors, with lilac and purple being particularly considered luxurious (those dyes were historically rare, and lilac is furthermore the national colour of the Inquisition). Dark clothes are rare, due to the hot climate in most of the nation, and a special mention needs to be done for golden yellow (saffron- or turmeric-like) clothes, which are extremely formal ones and worn for religious festivals only: it is a bad faux pas to wear such a dress outside of these occasions. Golden yellow dresses are however how the Great Inquisitor appears while on duty, and most Inquisitors, when on normal duty, wear an outfit which is predominantly black but with golden yellow details.

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 ===Arts===
 ====Literature====
+<!--Chlouvānem literary phases:
+veeeeeeeeeeery approximate résumé
+- archaic chlouvānem basically in only a few pieces of the Holy Books
+- early literature is basically the Holy Books
+- early Inquisitorial-era chronicles and mythical (mostly pre-Chlouvānem) folktales collection (I had called this camīdhemānat in laceyiam, need a chl. name); THEIR language basically defines classical chlouvānem. the Holy Books are basically complete by this time (i.e. 1800 years ago); non-scientific religious literature continues with exempla for inquisitorial sermons
+- 1) non-religious histories this time start focussing more about common people = some *very* famous tale that influences arts forever since, cf. Amore and Psyche; 2) meanwhile classical poets start composing half-mythical and half-devotional epic poems
+- (about 1200 years ago, by the time of the Far Eastern conquest; common people's languages have by this time evolved enough that they're barely intelligible with classical chl.) the golden age of poetry, basically every major work of the era has poetry in it. A notable work is [analogue of One Thousand and One Nights] which takes again the structure of the classic camīdhemānat (or whatever it's called) BUT the histories told are mostly adapted from lands the chlouvānem had expanded in in the meantime
+- modern religious poems close the golden age of poetry; (at this time: chlouvānemization of the kans-tsan)
+- (about 800/750 years ago) the first noteworthy theatrical plays are written by this era, mainly because of the first contacts with Greater Skyrdagor. early works are about contemporary heroes and taken from modern religious poems
+- (650 y.a.) the chl. age of exploration, southern countries (Lūlunimarta?) discover Ogúviutón and Fárásen; southern epic poems concern with this (cf. os Lusíadas). meanwhile there is a newer age of poetry (ghazal?), 'devotional' love being one of the main themes
+- (550 y.a.) chlouvānem-Western contacts, exploration of the whole planet, a new era of optimism and "beauty-worshipping": the chlouvānem novel is born
+- ""classicism"" (which is not really *classic* but let's use it) with rediscovery of pre-Chlouvānem themes and legends, theatre especially uses those subjects extensively (think of a chl. Jean Racine)
+- exoticism and the travel novel
+- (350/300 y.a.) the industrial revolution, modernism and progress are the theme of the era, early science fiction works
+- 2 centuries ago: rise of politics, a time of both social turmoil but general optimism (e.g. first ideas about forming an all-Inquisitorial nation)
+- 1 century ago: the buildup and the realization of the Consolidation bring a massive wave of new explicitely religious literature (talking about proselytism) and the Nāɂahilūmi era marks a revival of epic histories but set in the contemporary age, with the chlouvānem depicted as saviors of the planet (as in the official state ideology, Nāɂahilūmism), this frenzy reaches its peak with the War. however, the best quality of the era is in less publicized, barely political works (esp. poetry, modern post-industrial ""ghazals"", with more emphasis on a 'more natural' setting than the industrial civilization)
+- Kaiṣamā era: basically socialist realism, at first concerned with the rebuilding of a better nation after the catastrophical retreat from Evandor, then the building of a yunyalīlti communist society and the Inquisition as an engine of progress (= support to nations gaining independence from their former Western colonial overlords esp. in eastern Védren).
+- post-Kaiṣamā (starting 40 years ago and ongoing): more freedom of expression overall, basically everything may be published as long as it's not openly anti-Inquisitorial or socially immoral. novels still predominate but often in a hybrid form extensively using poetry. overall themes focus on the individual's problems and one's own adventures -->
 ===Clothing===
 Clothing styles across the Inquisition are naturally varied because of the vastly different climates found in the country, as every biome apart from polar tundra and polar ice caps is found; most of the Inquisition has a hot climate, often very wet for all or at least half of the year, but on the other end of the scale there are places such as Yænyadagura, one of the coldest large cities of the planet, where temperatures far below freezing reign for most of the year.<br/>All clothes come in a variety of colors, with lilac and purple being particularly considered luxurious (those dyes were historically rare, and lilac is furthermore the national colour of the Inquisition). Dark clothes are rare, due to the hot climate in most of the nation, and a special mention needs to be done for golden yellow (saffron- or turmeric-like) clothes, which are extremely formal ones and worn for religious festivals only: it is a bad faux pas to wear such a dress outside of these occasions. Golden yellow dresses are however how the Great Inquisitor appears while on duty, and most Inquisitors, when on normal duty, wear an outfit which is predominantly black but with golden yellow details.