PLOT ATTRIBUTION OF THE VISUAL SOURCES ON THE HISTORY OF NORTHERN BLACK SEA REGION OF THE LAST QUARTER OF THE 18TH – THE MIDDLE OF THE 19TH CENTURY
Journal Title: Записки історичного факультету - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 29
Abstract
The publication is devoted to the analysis of works of painting and graphics of the last quarter of the 18th century – the middle of the 19th century as a historical sources. One of the problem of these sources is the determination of authorship and the accordance of the plots to the historical reality that they reflect. It is noted that during the last quarter of the 18th – middle of the 19th century a unique array of visual sources was created, which shows the history of the Northern Black Sea region. In particular, it is noted that most of the work was created by painters of expeditions, artists and travelers from nature. In addition, there were those who, not having the opportunity to visit the region, but having a desire to illustrate their publications with the North Black Sea region views, resort to compilations or based on the minimum of information, they were inventing plots. These sources have never been analyzed for the plot’s accordance to the historical reality that it portrays. Identifying ways to compile and construct historical reality in these works is relevant, since most works of painting and graphics are an integral part of many scientific and popular science research. The aim of this article is to resolve the authenticity and accordance to the historical realities of some works of painting and graphics of the last quarter of the 18th – middle of the 19th century. To achieve the purpose of the publication, comparative and attribution methods were used. After analyzing about 2000 plots, which depicts the historical reality of the Northern Black Sea region, there are three ways in which the authors compiled stories or depicted imaginary species of the region. These include, firstly, the formation of the plot due to the elements of engravings that were created from the fieldwork. Secondly, the creation of conditional reality based on oral tradition and author’s imagination. Thirdly, «modernization» of real images of authors drawing from nature in the region. In the conclusions it is noted that in Western Europe there was a demand for visual information from the Northern Black Sea region, so the artists, unabled to visit the region, resorted to compilations and graphic modernizations of the already created and well-known plots from nature. The selection of elements by illustrators of compilation and modernization is an important source for exploring the image of the Northern Black Sea region and the persistent perceptual stamps that emerged in the middle of the 19th century.
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Viktor Filas
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- EP ID EP626262
- DOI 10.18524/2312-6825.2018.29.153359
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