Culture and Art - rubric Styles, trends, schools

Abstract: The author offers a summary of scientifi c experie n ce in correlating complex category systems of modernism and Rus sian avant-garde of the 20th century. A new vision of the author allows to view modernism as a general cultural phenomenon crea ted by the Western civilization and being spread everywhere while avantgarde is described as a mainly Russian creation. Actualization of the latter played an important role for Russian art and culture because it formed a culturally centered epoch called the Silver Age.

Keywords: avant-garde, modernism, art, categories, esthetics, culture, art, destruction, world outlook.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2022.8.38561

Abstract: The article is devoted to the study of various aspects of the activities and influence of Soviet musicians on the musical culture and education of Shanghai. The author comes to the conclusion that Russian musicians played an important role in the formation of the musical life of Shanghai and in general of the whole of China. Russian and European cultural and performing traditions were promoted by them, works of Russian and European authors were distributed, and their students were introduced to the masterpieces of world musical art. The traditions laid down by Russian musical figures at the beginning of the twentieth century were continued and strengthened by Soviet specialists who brought up a whole galaxy of outstanding musicians in China. The strengthening of Russian-Chinese relations after 1949 played a special role. Many Soviet musicians were sent to China by agreement of the countries. Among them were outstanding teachers and musicians: D. M. Serov, K.N. Dmitrevskaya, S. G. Delitsiev, N. N. Delitsieva, F. G. Arzamanov, I. G. Beridze, etc. They helped to develop curricula and programs, gave lectures, reports, held consultations and conducted teaching and organizational activities. The novelty of the article lies in the fact that for the first time it provides information about the work of the listed Soviet musicians and analyzes their influence on education at the Shanghai Conservatory.

Keywords: Deliciev, Dmitrevskaya, Serov, Shanghai Conservatory, chinese musical art, Shanghai, chinese music education, emigration, China, soviet musicians

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2022.11.39259

Abstract: The subject of the study is to identify the peculiarities in solving the plots of church painting of individual representatives of the religious-national trend of the turn of the XIX - XX centuries. The purpose is to show the development of national trends of Russian monumental church art by the founders of the religious-national trend on the examples of the work of V. M.Vasnetsov, M. V. Nesterov, M.A. Vrubel and artists M. M. Vasiliev, A. P. Blaznov, L. A. Pyanovsky, K. S. Petrov-Vodkin, F. R. Raylian, to identify similarities and differences in the manner and in the transmission of images and compositions, as well as to substantiate the significance of these differences for art history. The basis of art criticism research is the formal stylistic method of G. Velflin, the iconographic method of N. P. Kondakov, the iconological method of E. Panofsky; the method of phenomenological analysis of the aesthetic perception of the artistic work of V. V. Bychkov and G. K. Wagner. Comparative analysis of murals by artists M. M. Vasiliev, A. P. Blaznov, L. A. Pyanovsky, F. R. Raylian, K. S. Petrov-Vodkin in comparison with the work of representatives of the "Vasnetsov school" allowed us to see the development of the national style in art, from an abstract-figurative understanding to a conscious spiritual-symbolic interpretation of church painting of the Middle Ages and pre-Petrine Russia as an integral artistic phenomenon of the religious-national trend. The practical significance of the study lies in the fact that the example of the artists of the "Vasiliev circle" revealed a kind of overcoming of one of the main problems of the iconographic image, which consists in maintaining a delicate balance of life-likeness and ideality. In their works, in the context of interpretation, the measure of realism of the image is traced, in which the spiritual content can be embodied in a material form without losing its sacred content, which is a valuable example for modern artists who set themselves the task of creating images without copying, but remaining in the canon.

Keywords: epoch style, symbolism of the content, the problem of figurativeness, academic realism, temple painting, vasnetsovskaya school, national style, monumental church art, religious and national direction, symbolic realism

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2018.4.25654

Abstract: The subject of the research is the influence of an English architect and publicist of the first half of the 19th century Augustus Welby Pugin (1812-1852). The object of the research is the theoretical views of Pugin as these are presented in his published works, and the degree of their correspondence of the architectural practice to the period of Pugin's activity. The author of the article examines such aspects of the topic as the views of Pugin and his contemporaries concerning the ideological component of architecture as well as differences in their views on the ethical component of Gothic architecture. The methodological basis of the research implies an integral approach that combines art history, historical and culturological methods of research. To analyze the historical and cultural environment that defined the existence and perception of Gothic architecture the author has used interdisciplinary methods. The main conclusions of the research are as follows. In the cultural environment of his times, Pugin was marginalized because he presented the style of thinking attributable for the preceding era. Consequently, Pugin's affect on the architecture of those times was that of an oucast whose intentions coincided with the architectural trends at some point. The author's special contribution to the topic is that he discovers the relationship between Pugin's antiquarian tradition and mentality of the preceding era.

Keywords: ethics, Catholicism, function, revivalism, 19th century, architecture, Augustus Welby Pugin, The Gothic Revival, Middle Ages, England

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2023.10.48502

Abstract: The activity of modern art associations, creative unions and art groups of professional artists of St. Petersburg is currently a little-studied and debatable issue. The specifics of St. Petersburg communities of this kind are closely connected with the traditions of the local art school and at the same time innovative, and sometimes are radical creative searches of their representatives. Such a combination leads to the formation of a diverse, but heterogeneous and mobile cultural space of the city on St. Petersburg. To understand its specifics, it is necessary to analyze the structure, composition and content of the work of the artistic associations of St. Petersburg, relevant for the beginning of the XXI century. In modern St. Petersburg, the process of forming art associations of various formations continues, which contributes to the development of fine art and the approval of its main forms, themes and genres. The main contribution of this research is to identify the main reasons for the creation of "young" creative associations whose activities are not related to the work of the Union of Artists of Russia, as well as to highlight the processes of their involvement in the cultural life of the city. It has been established that the "young" creative associations are characterized by unity of ideological and stylistic views and concepts, as well as a very flexible nature that allows them to be actively involved in the artistic life of St. Petersburg and the whole of Russia, to participate in the most diverse projects.

Keywords: educational activities, exhibition and commercial practice, Saint-Petersburg, artistic life, art group, exhibition, union of artists, art association, creative union, unofficial association

Abstract: The article is devoted to the peculiarities of development of eclecticism as a particular architecture style at the end of the 19th – beginning of the 20th centuries. Special attention is paid at demonstrations of eclectic architecture in a Russian province, most of all, determination of regional differences in manifestations of this style. The author shows general trends of this style and quite exact differences between different provinces which mostly depends on situation in the architecture of such regions in the middle of the 19th century. The author also describes how these differences show themselves in the architecture of different types of buildings and constructions.

Keywords: art history, eclecticism, architecture, province, Russia, historicism, urban construction, heritage, the 19th century, regions.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2013.1.62088

Abstract: Odessa has a special place in cultural and geographical space of the Ukraine. Being a major Black Sea port, it functions as the connecting link between Russia, Ukraine and Europe. It is still far from the central part of the Ukraine which makes it a good place of living for writers and artists who are not liked by the offi cial government. Close connection with Western European art centres and opposition in art created conditions for formation of the original school of painting. Odessa Art School played an important role in formation of the artistic life in the region, too. Graduates from this School continued their education in major educational and art centres in Russia and Europe. At the beginning of XX century different art styles in Avant-Garde painting were created by international activity of V. Kandinsky, D. Burlyuk, V. Izdebsky, T. Fraerman, A. Nurenberg, M. Boychuk, M. Zhuk, N. Shelyuto who studied in Odessa and then continued their education in Paris, Munich, Krakow and Vienna.

Keywords: art history, avant-garde, art, Odessa, V. Kandinsky, V. Izdebsky, M. Gershenfeld, A. Nurenberg, Société des Artistes Indépendants (Society of Independent Artists), Spring Exhibitions.

Abstract: The article analyzes the problem of Czech form of European secession. The author describes peculiarities of Czech art in architecture, literature, sculptor and fi ne arts at the turn of the 19th – 20th centuries. The author also touches upon the social, historical and national factors contributing to distinctive character of Czech art and describes the main stages in development of the Manes Association of Fine Artists.

Keywords: Czech art, secession, Manes Association, Prague architecture, literature, monumental sculpture, modern.

Abstract: Traditional attempts to defi ne the Russian Avant-Garde of early 20th century through classifying it as a particular movement in arts cannot fully reveal the nature of this phenomenon. The author of this article proves the need in another approach to defi ning the borders of the Russian Avant-Garde based on the assumption that turning away from strictly artistic approaches to the analysis of Avant- Garde and addressing to Avant-Garde discourse from the position of overall cultural development would allow to describe peculiarities of the phenomenon. The author suggests to complete a traditional position conceptualizing the Russian Avant-Garde as an opposition to classical tradition in art and culture with a new approach allowing to look at the Avant-Garde as a new reality – a system of values, world outlook, defl ection of the epoch values and standards into an absolute of a new human, new world and new culture.

Keywords: cultural studies, avant-garde, modernism, reflexion, culture, art, values, movement, world outlook, artistic.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2014.1.11652

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2014.1.64241

Abstract: One of the most important indicators of a society ready for war is the appearance of scenarios of a future war in literature. Before the Great Patriotic War the Soviet leadership actively used the genre of the ‘military utopian novel’ to prepare the public conscience to the war but when the war was over, the genre of military utopia was prohibited by the public conscience. However, today there are a great number of books about a forthcoming war being published. This allows to analyze and classify scenarios of future wars. The majority of typical scenarios is balancing on the ‘to be or not to be’ edge. Some scenarios can be called pessimistic because they describe the loss of Russia in the future war. Other scenarios are rather optimistic and propagandize the revival of nation through winning the war. Generally speaking, except for unrealizable or alternative history scenarios, modern scenarios of a future war outline the following courses of events: 1) Russia can be involved into a war with the third countries or alliances as a result of the Ukrainian or Caucasian conflict. The Barents Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk are also mentioned as the starting point of a future war but less frequently. 2) Most writers see it as the war between Russia and the United States and their NATO allies although some authors also suspect the war between Russia and Japan or China. 3) The war is most likely to turn into a series of interweaved local conflicts. Otherwise a limited or even full-scale exchange of nuclear attacks may occur. Noteworthy that the Second World War was also meant to be a series of local lightning wars but turned into a global massacre two years after it had started. 4) Most modern writers see the victory of Russia as a miracle. Writers either describe a desired future that has very little to do with the reality or use all kinds of ‘magical’ inventions. However, it is better than the decadent’s moods typical for the same genre of science fiction in the late USSR. 5) Some writers doubt that the modern Russian leadership is able to firmly and adequately defend the country’s interests using the military force. 6) The majority of writers express the opinion that if Russia loses the war, it will not be only occupied but also subject to prolonged genocide. Generally speaking, modern scenarios of future wars perform their main function which is to prepare the public conscience to fighting ‘their own’ war and to mobilize the public conscience during the ‘period of threat’.

Keywords: future war, military utopian novel, predictive capabilities, alternative history, alarmism, mobilization of the public conscience, anti-utopia, military alert, literary series, post-apocalypse.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2024.3.70172

Abstract: The object of research is Italian neorealism of the 1940-1950s. The subject of research is the work of neorealist directors Roberto Rossellini, Cesare Zavattini, Giuseppe de Santis, Vittorio de Sica, Alberto Latuada. Features of neorealism are also inherent in the early work of directors Luchino Visconti («Obsession» 1943, «Earth Trembles» 1948), Federico Fellini («The Road» 1954, «Nights of Cabiria» 1957), Piero Paolo Pasolini («Accatone» 1961, «Mama Roma» 1962), Michelangelo Antonioni «People from the Po River» 1947). Neorealism develops under the influence of French poetic realism, as well as, under the influence of verism, especially, the work of L. Pirandello. The focus of the neorealists was a person in interaction with society, the environment. The purpose of this study is to consider the features of realism and neorealism, to consider the space created by directors. This study uses various research methods - phenomenological, intertextual, comparative, hermeneutic, content analysis in their combination and complementarity. The scientific novelty of this study lies in the opposition of mythological and real space in the films of Italian directors, as well as in the application of an integrated approach. The main conclusion of this study is the thesis that myth and reality in the work of Italian neorealists interact with each other. Despite the documentary approach to filming, neorealists create their own, special reality, turn to history and myth. The concept of "neorealism" is quite complex, many of its representatives called themselves realists. The focus of neorealism becomes a person in interaction with society, with the environment. As the principles of neorealism, one can single out chorality, that is, the interaction of people. A separate feature of neorealism is the appeal to fantasy. F. Fellini and M. Antonioni open a new chapter in the history of Italian cinema.

Keywords: neo-realism, myth, Cesare Zavattini, Luchino Visconti, Michelangelo Antonioni, Federico Fellini, Pierre Paolo Pasolini, Roberto Rossellini, cinema, reality

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2013.4.9223

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2013.4.63015

Abstract: the author of the article offers and proves the hypothesis about a special art trend in XX century which has its roots in art culture of the second half of XIX century. Most clearly these trends were formulated by German Neoidealists who based on their own creative practice. However, art history viewed Neoidealism as a local phenomenon of German culture while the author of this article describes it as one of the fundamental art tendencies during the last century and a half in Germany and Europe as well as in Russia where it was developed, first of all, in Favorsky’s and his students’ art work as well as work by a number of sculptors and artists. Noteworthy that Neoidealism was not an independently developing phenomenon and interacted with such phenomena as Post-Impressionism, Symbolism, Modern, Neoclassicism and Avant-garde. Despite all that, Neoidealism managed to retain its own essence and peculiarity.

Keywords: neoidealism, neoclassicism, neoromanticism, official school of art history, main art trends, fine arts, sculpture, relief principle, monumental art, art theory.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2015.5.16460

Abstract: In his article Tokmachev discusses the painting manner of a Netherlandish painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder. According to the author of the article, his style represents the shift in the consciousness of some Europeans from religious world view to the humanistic perception of the world. The present article was written as a preface of the author to the article on Bruegel's creative work published by an Italian art critic A. Bovey and translated by the author of the present article into the Russian language. The translation of A. Bovey's article is also included. The emphasis is made on the relationship between philosophy of neoplatonism which, according to the author, is similar to the Medieval and Renaissance worldview and painting styles and rationalism that replaced those in the Modern Period. The shift from neoplatonism to rationalism is viewed as the projection of the worldview from the multi-layer 'iconic space' of Chora (expression by A. Lidova and Jacques Derrida) to the empiric sensual diversity. Humanism is viewed as a post apocalyptic stage of religious consciousness. According to the author, Bruegel's painting symbolizes the break from the traditional Catholic aesthetics and discovery of new Protestant aesthetics. Humanism and experimental natural sciences replaced mythology and metaphysics. However, such technological approach to art without metaphysics turns painting into photography and human into homunculus.

Keywords: Renaissance, neoplatonism, iconic space, painting, Modern Period, epistrophe, apokatastasis, Last Judgment, Middle Ages, photography

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2015.5.66914

Keywords: Renaissance, neoplatonism, iconic space, painting, Modern Period, epistrophe, apokatastasis, Last Judgment, Middle Ages, photography

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2013.5.9467

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2013.5.63372

Abstract: There are the following two tendencies in artwork devoted to the Russian Avant-Garde at the turn of XX – XXI centuries: 1) breaking with cultural-historical tradition and formation of a new system of values; 2) ideological connection between Avant-Garde and Modernism. One way or another, these artworks reflect particular features of the process of production of different Avant-Garde tendencies: new language, new style of art and etc. The present article is focused on the description of the Russian Avant-Garde from the point of view of its potential in formation of cultural environment. The main conclusion is that the production of different forms in Russian Avant-Garde is a necessary empirical model. The ontological role is to create a unique cultural environment with all the values and standards and their management model. The author’s conclusions are illustrated by quotes of the masters of Russian Avant-Garde as well as ideologists of culture and art during that period.

Keywords: cultural research, Russian Avant-Garde, modernism, values of Avant-Gardue, silver age, manifesto and motto, cultural life, forms of culture, cultural relativism, traditions and innovations.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2013.6.9598

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2013.6.64025

Abstract: The article is devoted to the description of structural components of the Silver Age styles expressed in works created by Adnrei Bely, Marina Tsvetaeva, Vasily Rozanov and some futurists. The researcher refers them to representatives of the ‘poetics of insolvabilities’ as he calls it. Based on the author, poetics of insolvabilities reflect the features that were typical not only for the art of writing but for the culture of that epoch in general. In mimetic creative strategies the most important role was plaid by the concept of the ‘beyond the border’ creativity that was beyond the verbal context and at the same time inseparable from it. The concepts of ukon, meon, linguistic morphability and insubstantiality in esthetic representations and style were significant, too. The present article summarizes and develop the ideas expressed by the author in his previous articles.

Keywords: semantic spirality, semantic uncertainty, figures of style, calligraphy of style, unexplorable, art history, rhetoric culture, choreography of text, open form.

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2014.6.13172

DOI: 10.7256/2454-0625.2014.6.65707

Abstract: The article gives us an insight into one of the first Baroque concepts in Latin American cultural and literary studies introduced by a famous Peruvian modernistic poet Marin Adan. The author tries to analyze this understudied point in the history of Latin American humanities and relates Adan’s ideas to famous Baroque concepts in Latin America of the second half of the 20th century. The author also tries to describe the most important discoveries made by Adan that played an important role in cultural self-identification of Latin America. In the course of his research the author proceeds from particulars to generals and tries to describe the influence of Martin Adan’s work ‘De lo Barocco en el Peru’ (‘Concerning the Baroque in Peru) on the development of Baroque concepts in Latin America. Martin Adam’s ideas are being analyzed in comparison wit other Baroque concepts. Considering the increased interest of modern cultural studies towards the phenomena of Baroque and Neobaroque Adam’s work is growing very important because he was the first one to try to view the key stage of Latin American culture in terms of Baroque esthetics. The author of the present article tries to show the importance of Adan’s ideas for future Baroque concepts in Latin America and demonstrates that Adam’s ideas can be related to the theories of Jose Lezama Lima, Alejo Carpentier and Irlimar Kyampi.