The abstract signs in geometric ornamentation of Ukrainian Pysanky Cover Image

АБСТРАКТНА ЗНАКОВІСТЬ У ГЕОМЕТРИЧНІЙ ОРНАМЕНТИЦІ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ ПИСАНКИ
The abstract signs in geometric ornamentation of Ukrainian Pysanky

Author(s): Antonina Petrivna Dubrivna
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Visual Arts, Semiology, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Національна академія керівних кадрів культури і мистецтв
Keywords: geometric ornaments; Pysanky; Easter egg painting; abstract sign; colour; creativity of colour; crea-tivity of form; style; abstract art; Ukrainian folk art culture

Summary/Abstract: Purpose of the work is to analyse the historical and cultural prerequisites of formation and development of ab-stract art in Ukraine through the example of abstract signs, manifested in geometric patterns of Ukrainian Pysanky. Methodology of the research is the use of formal and comparative methods for studying the colors and their combining, identifying abstract elements of geometric ornamentation of Ukrainian Pysanky, compositional motifs, images etc. Scien-tific novelty lies in the analysis of the origins of abstract art in Ukraine through the example of authentic works of Ukrain-ian folk art culture. This has made it possible to reveal the main, historically linked, artistic and symbolic components. Conclusions. The study of geometric ornamentation of Ukrainian Pysanky shows that the selection of colours and their combinations, crystallized during centuries in folk art, together combined with the archaic geometric forms has laid the foundation for style forming component of modern Ukrainian abstract art.