Human body and its covers: architecture, costume, and transport

All objects created by man, are in close relation with his body,regardless of the size, mass and function of these items. Anthropomorphism, the existence of the world of artefacts in relation to thebody, is a fundamental principle of culture. The author of the article considers the main types of suit, architecture and transport as acover of the human body. Connection of these covers with the person exists not only in the physical mode, but also at the level ofsemiotic codes. Even etymologically it can be seen in the language, in the names and terms of parts and structural elements. In spite ofthe fact that the human body is not of exact geometrical shape, the covers are clearly pronounced correct geometrical figures, be itpatterns of costume, cubic capacity of building, or the salon of air plane. Outside the covers the person is impossible not only as abiological species, but also as a creature, endowed with intellect and creative force. They are cultural markers, whose role in the earlydevelopment stage of primitive communities belonged to manipulations of the body (tattoos, painting, scars, change in the form of lips,neck or ears). However, even societies on a primitive stage of social development have objects corresponding to body covers: fabric andleather garments, masks and ritual costumes, primitive armour and shields, boats and canoes with ship-like cabins, huts, communityhouses of impressive size, and caves. Costume, architecture and transport are not only the contours of the flesh, the receptacle of theorganic being, but also a source of complex signals sent to the society. These signals broadcast a set of information about the body andits owner. Body covers led to development of a rich object-domestic and artistic thesaurus of achievements of civilization, as well asspace and time intervention - the spread of homo sapiens on the planet, expanding its geographical and historical horizons. Withoutthem a person could not leave the territorial boundaries of the region of origin, could not bear an entirely new species, which differsfrom the rest of the animal world, and would have remained at the level of animal existence. Technological progress led to a high degreeof covers isolation from the environment. On the Earth, which the humankind has adapted, it is still possible to take off the covers andfuse with nature. In the Space taking off the covers is a threat to the human exploring the vast expanses of the Universe in search ofother worlds and other Mind.

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