Russian animalier art of the New Age. On the problem of genre specifics
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Date
2017
Authors
Portnova, Irina Vasilievna
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University of the Free State
Abstract
The article examines the peculiarities of Russian animalier
art. The work’s relevance is that it brings to light the new
ontological and morphological status of animalistic art
that has to do with the composition of the modernera
world picture from the 18th to the first half of the
20th centuries, which differs in many respects from its
mediaeval counterpart. The article is aimed at revealing
the peculiarities of animalier art in the context of the era
and existing genres, understanding its specific nature as
determined by the animal model and the perception of
it that implies the evaluation of objective and subjective
factors in an image. In addition, the article looks at the
peculiarities of an animalier artist’s working method
as he or she deals with a mobile model not prone to
posing, his or her priorities of plot and theme in depicting
animals, and the significance of animalier art in general.
The article shows that the major initial principle for artists
involved in animal depiction was the imitation of nature.
This eventually led to the formation of a separate genre,
namely animalier art, with a set of distinctive features
of its own. The article takes the historical-problematic
method as its major approach, implying the articulation
of issues specific to the animalistic genre as well as
historical-artistic issues, which makes it possible to give
a valuation to the artistic aspects of Russian animalier art
as a distinctive, original phenomenon in history.
The au thor notes the significance of the animalistic genre, a genre from the academic
environment and one which has had a major role as a school of professional excellence.
Despite the length of time that animalier art has been around, it has managed to
preserve its “genre memory” and the unity of its morphological characteristics in
various types of art. It made it past the 20th Century and is still around today. The
material covered in the paper is of value for art history, as it enriches national art with
new research findings and little-known facts, for pedagogics, and also in the broader,
philosophical sense, as it raises issues of a moral nature (the interrelationship between
man and animals).
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Keywords
Genre, Animalier art, Animalistic art, Animal, Science, Concept, Era, Epoch, Kind, Type, School, Character, Sculpture, Graphic art, Graphics, Painting, Pictorial art, Image, Figure
Citation
Portnova, I. V. (2017). Russian animalier art of the New Age. On the problem of genre specifics. Acta Academica, 49(2), 95-123.