CONCEPTS “MONUMENTAL” AND “MINIATURE” IN ART: HISTORY AND MODERNITY

Authors

  • Maryna VARAKUTA Ph.D. in Art, Docent, Professor at The Department of History and Theory of music, Dnipropetrovsk Music Academy named after M. Glinka, Lyvarna str. 10, Dnipro, Ukraine. E-mail: amilomarina@i.ua https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0863-8829
  • Daryna KUPINA Ph.D. in Art, Associate Professor at The Department of History and Theory of music, Dnipropetrovsk Music Academy named after M. Glinka, Lyvarna str. 10, Dnipro, Ukraine. E-mail: emirdarina@gmail.com

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24193/subbmusica.2021.1.07

Keywords:

art, monumental, miniature, genre system, means of expression.

Abstract

The article deals with the issue about the relationship between the notions of “monumental” and “miniature” in various types of art. A very conditional division of these notions is noted. These notions are characteristic of artistic creativity in general and, as a result, determine the genre definitions of creative achievement in each of the types of art. It has been established that the results of this process are directly embodied in the genre system of musical art, which is influenced by the action of general trends and reflects general processes with a significant degree of mediation. It is noted that the manifestation of “monumental” and “miniature” in different types of art is characterized by a common basis, but different ways of embodiment, which are explained by the various systems of artistic creation means. The historical variability of the notions “monumental” and “miniature” is traced in accordance with the change in aesthetic preferences of a particular historical era. The tendency of unification of the notions “monumental” and “miniature” in the system of contemporary art as special concepts, the mixing of which sets out the pluralism of postmodern cultural space (the idea of space in space), is indicated.

Rezumat. CONCEPTELE „MONUMENTAL” ȘI „MINIATURAL” ÎN ARTE: ISTORIE ȘI MODERNITATE. Articolul tratează problema relației dintre noțiunile de „monumental” și „miniatural” în diferitele tipuri de artă. Se remarcă o diviziune foarte condiționată a acestor noțiuni. Aceste noțiuni sunt caracteristice creativității artistice în general și, ca rezultat, determină definițiile de gen ale realizărilor creative în fiecare dintre tipurile de arte. S-a stabilit că rezultatele acestui proces sunt întruchipate direct în sistemul de gen al artei muzicale, care este influențat de acțiunea tendințelor generale și reflectă procesele generale cu un grad semnificativ de mediere. Se remarcă faptul că manifestarea „monumentalului” și „miniaturalului” în diferite tipuri de artă se caracterizează printr-o bază comună, dar modalități diferite de întruchipare, care sunt explicate de diferitele sisteme de mijloace de creație artistică. Variabilitatea istorică a noțiunilor „monumental” și „miniatural” este trasată în conformitate cu schimbarea preferințelor estetice ale unei anumite epoci istorice. Este indicată tendința de unificare a noțiunilor „monumental” și „miniatural” în sistemul artei contemporane ca și concepte speciale, al căror mixaj stabilește pluralismul spațiului cultural postmodern (ideea de spațiu în spațiu).

Cuvinte cheie: artă, monumental, miniatural, sistem de gen, mijloace de expresie

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2021-06-30

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VARAKUTA, M., & KUPINA, D. (2021). CONCEPTS “MONUMENTAL” AND “MINIATURE” IN ART: HISTORY AND MODERNITY. Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Musica, 66(1), 87–108. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbmusica.2021.1.07

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