Artistic processes in the early modern period: cultural references and creativity
No. 4 (27) (2022), Philosophy and Theory of Art
No. 4 (27) (2022)

Artistic processes in the early modern period: cultural references and creativity

Philosophy and Theory of Art
DOI: https://doi.org/10.46748/ARTEURAS.2022.04.018
Published 2022-12-29
Nadezda A. Tabunova
State Institute for Art Studies, Moscow, Russian Federation

eLibrary ID michael_10@mail.ru

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9807-714X

Abstract

The article is devoted to the interaction of general cultural and artistic norms in the plane of the mentality of the early modern period, and its expression in artistic culture. First of all, the author refers to the experience of the Annales School, which was founded by L. Febvre and M. Blok, and further continued by their followers. The author traces the causality of shifts in the cultural landmarks of the era and their influence on the visual arts through the concept of reconstruction of historical circumstances in order to formulate landmarks in the artistic process of the early modern period. The author also refers to the works of F. Hutcheson, A. Smith, B. Pascal, R. Burton, as well as to the reflections of R.G. Apresyan, A.V. Prokofiev. The study of the relationship between expressive matrices and aesthetic norms does not lose its relevance. Researchers are increasingly turning to the issue of reconstructing the past today. This interest in the past confirms by the literary series “Culture of Everyday Life”, dedicated to the study of the transformations of human life at all levels, from material to spiritual. Fine art carries the ability to express spiritual and speculative concepts in a visible form, which makes it an inexhaustible object for research. The author in the article reveals the antinomy of the culture of this period, important shifts within the Western European mentality and the impact of these shifts on art through the study of the variability of the expressive tools of the artistic culture of the early modern period and the renewal of artistic matrices. The author also traces the duality of the nature of the Enlightenment in art by formulating a wide range of contradictions that coexist with each other in the mentality.

https://doi.org/10.46748/ARTEURAS.2022.04.018

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