The images of the russian ballet in the Fine Arts of the late XIX and early XX century

Tatiana V.  Portnova

doi:10.46925//rdluz.34.34

Tatiana V. Portnova The Russian State University of A.N. Kosygin http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4221-3923

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46925//rdluz.34.34

Keywords: ballet images, choreography, artistic interpretation, forms of interaction, dance

Abstract

The purpose of the study is to analyze various interpretations of the theme of ballet in the context of creating an artistic image taking into account the specific characteristics of various arts on the factual visual material of the late nineteenth - early twentieth century. Methodology: 1) Search method, which allowed to reveal in museums and private collections, works of art dedicated to ballet of the period under consideration; 2) Historical and tipological method, which helped to group the works according to the thematic principle, to determine the degree of their value in the process of the creative work of the artist; 3) Method of stylistic analysis, which allowed to track the structural changes in the images created, the evolution of the creative method of the artist. Main findings: The nature of pictorial foundations in choreography is explored; the artistic pursuits and the various decisions in the masterpieces of graphics, painting and sculpture, dedicated to the ballet theatre and mostly connected with "The Russian Seasons" by S. Diaghilev; the main iconographic principles, the typology and the interpretation of ballet images are revealed.

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Author Biography

Tatiana V. Portnova , The Russian State University of A.N. Kosygin

Doctor of Arts, Professor of the Department of "The Art of a Choreographer", Institute of the Slavic Culture, Art Criticism Department of the Art Institute, The Russian State University of A.N. Kosygin. Russia.

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