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- World tendencies and intercultural connections not only brought modernist architecture to Ukraine but also developed a unique phenomenon of Ukrainian modernism. Constructivism and brutality of lines, surreal design, and bold engineering solutions.
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Jun 28, 2024 · Modernism in Ukraine manifested itself in different art forms, from cinema to theatre. However, it’s the visual arts that are the main focus of In the Eye of the Storm . Influenced by what they saw happening elsewhere in Europe, artists began staging provocative exhibitions.
May 28, 2024 · This exhibition tells the story of a group of modernist artists who helped to define Ukraine’s cultural identity in their time. Many combined international influences with national artistic traditions to create a distinctly local modernism.
- The Architecture of Kyivan Rus’. Byzantium Style
- Vernacular Architecture
- Baroque and Ukrainian Baroque
- Ukrainian Modernism
After the Christianization of Rus’ in 988, Kyivan princes started building churches that were heavily influenced by Byzantine architectural tradition with its monumental style, Greek cross schemes, and domed towers, combining the best antique approaches with oriental tendencies. The flourishing of Byzantine architecture peaked in the reign of Princ...
Being a result of long-term experience, Ukrainian vernacular (folk) architecture is also a reflection of local craftsmen: from ordinary peasants to true architects. These buildings served various needs: from houses and farm buildings to churches, chapels, and public buildings. The flavor of Ukrainian folk architecture depended on natural conditions...
The XVII century in Europe became the time of Baroque architecture with its splendor and monumental beauty. Those tendencies found expression in Lviv, the historical capital of Ukrainian Halychyna. As the city was strongly influenced by Polish and Austrian architecture, the buildings of Lviv are drawing the eye through the fancy curved lines, stunn...
In the XX century, the interwar period became a golden era of artistic experiments with form and content. World tendencies and intercultural connections not only brought modernist architecture to Ukraine but also developed a unique phenomenon of Ukrainian modernism. Constructivism and brutality of lines, surreal design, and bold engineering solutio...
The modernist architecture of the 1920s and 1930s in Ukraine is currently in danger. This situation has resulted from a combination of two factors: the ongoing destruction of the war and the longstanding cultural undervaluing of the built heritage of the early twentieth century.
Dec 12, 2022 · Why did foreign architectural criticism call these years the “heroic period of architecture”, yet the early Modernism of that time is still not appreciated at its true worth in its homeland?
Sep 29, 2020 · Within the Soviet Republics, by the end of the 1920s, modernism faced repression and ‘purging’ in favor of the party line, or “socialist realism.” In the modernist art that did assert itself before that obligatory shift, many Ukrainian artists were later cast as part of the Russian tradition: the Russian avant-garde in particular.
Oct 5, 2024 · How did this engagement evolve under the changing political and ideological regimes? What intercultural and transnational encounters had informed the development of modern art in Ukraine? What is the legacy of Ukraine’s artistic modernism and what vision of the future can it offer?
