Searching for a National Style as a Socio-Cultural Phenomenon in the Early-XXth-Century Ukrainian Society

Author

YAMBORKO OLHA

Ph.D in Art Criticism, an associate professor at Design and Art Theory Department of the Vasyl Stefanyk Ciscarpathian National University. Scientific interests: modern and folk ornamental textile; costume history; film art.

SEARCHING FOR A NATIONAL STYLE AS A SOCIO-CULTURAL PHENOMENON IN THE EARLY-XXth-CENTURY UKRAINIAN SOCIETY

Abctract

The aim of this paper is to explore the development of the National style phenomenon within Ukrainian revival through its artistic and social significance. 

Research methodology. The practices represented by Vasyl Krychevskyi and a group of authors of Galician magazine Nova Khata are reviewed. Mainly attention is paid to the artistic ideas and social motivation of the movement. 

Results. As it has been ascertained, the formation of the National style in Ukraine has started at the end of the XIX^th century and is inspired by international Arts and Crafts Movement. Philosophy of J. Ruskin and W. Morris has influenced on Ukrainian artist Vasyl Krychevskyi, inciting to recreate folk arts and crafts in modern designs. Krychevskyi has worked in architecture, applied art, painting, graphic, interior design and shared his knowledge in educational work. His designs are based on the principles he has established in Poltava Zemstvo Building (1903–1908). V. Krychevskyi has adapted the style of old Ukrainian folk architecture in this premise for the first time.

The Galician magazine Nova Khata in the 1920s, been founded initially to educate public taste and preserve national traditions, has continued to provide the principles for home design development in Western Ukraine. The magazine has been established by the feminine organization Ukrainian Folk Art in cooperation with the artists and art critics. The members of Nova Khata have adapted traditional patterns for contemporary users with the attention on keeping the Ukrainian art and craft tradition alive. 

The practical significance. The article can be useful for Ukrainian researchers developing comparative analysis of Ukrainian applied art in the context of international Art and Craft movement.

Keywords

National style, Ukrainian national revival, social and cultural phenomenon, V. Krychevskyi, Nova Khata magazine.

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