От доброго дикаря — к злому авангардисту. Смена парадигм и мифологемы модернизма в западноевропейском искусстве XVIII века
From the Good Savage to the Evil Avant-gardist. The Shift of Paradigms and the Myths of Modernism in Western European art of the 18th century

Summary/Abstract: The paper considers the issues of the general theory of Modernism, analyzing the problems concerning the origin of avant-garde art and thought in eighteenth century. The author examines the rise of Modernist paradigm from Rococo and Neo-Classicism to Goya. Special attention is paid to the French revolutionary architecture (Boullee, Ledoux). Focusing on the extremist and negative aspects of the Rococo art (close, for instance, to David Hume’s philosophy), the article shows its complex role in the development of Modernist myths and notions. The author draws the conclusion that Rococo art stands somewhere between the normativeness of totalitarian aesthetics and Negativity of Modernism. The special irony of the Rococo, its skeptical attitude towards «historical ballast», abstract theories and ideologies, cleared the way for the Modernist negative strategies. The author explores the common ground between the Rococo and anti-Rococo trends in 18th-century art, the social character of the issues of uncertainty, void, nothingness. Considering the concepts of Freedom, Truth, Reality and Negativity in 18th-century art, the author introduces his own theory of Modernism/avant-garde, its main principles, symbolic forms and structures.

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