The oeuvre of Sanzhi-Tsybik Tsybikov: experience in iconometric research
No. 3 (30) (2023), Philosophy and Theory of Art
No. 3 (30) (2023)

The oeuvre of Sanzhi-Tsybik Tsybikov: experience in iconometric research

Philosophy and Theory of Art
DOI: https://doi.org/10.46748/ARTEURAS.2023.03.017
Published 2023-09-30
Mikhail Yu. Shishin
Regional branch of the Urals, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Academy of Arts, Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; Altai State Technical University, Barnaul, Russian Federation

eLibrary ID shishinm@gmail.com

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2148-5233

Daniil E. Onufrienko
Regional branch of the Urals, Siberia and the Far East of the Russian Academy of Arts, Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation

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Abstract

The article is devoted to the oeuvre of the Buryat sculptor, architect, religious thinker Sanzhi-Tsybik Tsybikov (1877–1934). The author examines the main themes, symbols, and artistic techniques used by the artist in his works and analyses some of his most significant sculptures. An interdisciplinary methodological approach combining iconometry, iconology, formal-stylistic and semantic methods formed the basis of the research. Iconometry, being the most important compositional and symbolic method in Buddhist sculpture, opens up opportunities for new analysis and interpretation of works of art. The analysis of the iconometric constructions of S. Tsybikov's sculptures revealed the connection of the ideological (Buddhist) basis of his work with the artistic techniques used.

https://doi.org/10.46748/ARTEURAS.2023.03.017

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