The Tradition of Symbolism in Latvian Urban Environment at the Period between the First and the Second World Wars
2020
Silvija Ozola

In the globalization age culture and art confirm the identity of territorially small Latvia and the self-confidence of small Baltic peoples which spiritual rituals, folklore and construction shoved an organic intimacy with nature that led to environment-making traditions. At the beginning of the 20th century in start-up the phase of mass culture a new spatial arrangement concept developed. The urban environment went into artistic attention. Perception of urban aesthetics changed. Architectural and artistic synthesis became important. In the Republic of Latvia monumental sculpture flourished and won democratic orientation. According to aesthetic principles, folk heritage was used in art, and in the urban environment, folk-nature monuments appeared. Symbolism increased nation self-confidence and united people to consume of common objectives.


Keywords
Symbolism, Symbol, Gesamtkunstwerk, Latvian art, sculpture of the late 19th – first half of the 20th centuries, Art Nouveau, Modernism, Ensemble of the Brothers’ Cemetery, the Freedom Monument, Latvian Sculptors, Latvian Architects

Ozola, S. The Tradition of Symbolism in Latvian Urban Environment at the Period between the First and the Second World Wars. In: Связь времен: история искусств в контексте символизма. Книга третья: Часть 3. Символизм в развитии. O.Davidova ed. Москва: БуксМАрт, 2020. pp.112-140. ISBN 978-5-907267-28-2.

Publication language
Russian (ru)
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