Plasticity and the Language of the ‘Unconditional’ in Nikolay Raynov’s „History of Plastic Arts“ Cover Image
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Пластичното и езикът на безусловното в „История на пластичните изкуства“ от Николай Райнов
Plasticity and the Language of the ‘Unconditional’ in Nikolay Raynov’s „History of Plastic Arts“

Author(s): Galina Dekova
Subject(s): Philosophy, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Aesthetics, History of Art
Published by: Институт по философия и социология при БАН
Keywords: plastic art; plasticity; unconditional; japonism; decorative art; art theory; history of art; modernism; painting

Summary/Abstract: The study examines some aspects of the History of Plastic Arts by Nikolay Raynov and, more specifically, the concept of plasticity, which is of great importance for the 20th-century Bulgarian art. Raynov introduces it in a different sense from that of its later understanding. Important for Rainov’s theory of art is his attitude to the applied arts, and this issue needs a much more detailed consideration. The same applies to the ‘unconditional’, which is also present in many of Raynov’s articles on art. There is a need to trace these categories in the voluminous work of Nikolay Raynov and this article only marks issues that need to be developed in the future.

  • Issue Year: XXIX/2020
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 43-55
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Bulgarian