FEATURES OF THE UKRAINIAN MODERN STYLE IN THE ILLUSTRATIONS OF GEORGY NARBUT

Abstract

The article highlights the stylistic features of Ukrainian modernism in the book graphics of the famous Ukrainian graphic artist, illustrator, Georgy Narbut as an example of illustrating Ukrainian publications of the first third of the 20th century. Considerable attention is paid to the culture of Ukrainian book creation of this period. Book graphics of the 20th century revives the book as a complex artistic phenomenon, as a phenomenon of the synthesis of a new worldview. We can note that new and new talented artists joined the art of the book in their work. Their creative work is still decisive in positioning Ukrainian book graphics at the world level. Thus, the bright creative individuality of Georgy Narbut, supported by a deep knowledge of Ukrainian folk traditions, is distinguished by the originality of the interpretation of the modernist style. The artist’s graphic works determined and determine the original face of Ukrainian book art. The study of the historical evolution of book graphics under the influence of external factors of various natures is relevant: economic, socio-political and aesthetic. The process of human life influenced the formation of aesthetic perception and cognition of reality. The concept of book composition logically fits into the definition of the organization of various elements into a single artistic form. The principles of compositional constructions have become a tool that contributes to the organization of temporal and spatial characteristics for the creation of a new work of art. Such a creative approach forms the overall spatial and expressive composition of the figurative book ensemble. The works of Ukrainian book graphics of the first third of the 20th century at that time widely «traveled» through the countries of Western Europe. Ukrainian artists worked in Paris, Munich, Leipzig, Warsaw, Krakow, Prague. The language of Ukrainian graphics was influenced by the tradition and new trends of Western European art, in particular, the «modern» style. Thus, the founders of the new school came to the visual arts through the modern style with its attraction to the synthesis of arts.