Kozyakova Maria Ivanovna,
Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of
M.S. Schepkin Higher Theatre School (Institute)
associated with the State Academic Maly Theatre
e-mail: markoz@yandex.ru

 

Utilitarian Tendencies in Art and Archetype of Europe:
"Epoch of Formation"

Abstract: Art which refers to the human sensual world and has a special language of intentionality, like no other activity can help to identify epoch’s cultural code, to reveal his deep archetypal structures. The author regards the history of European art through the prism of its "utility", arguing that the choice of aesthetic practices is determined mainly by societal status of specific groups, their collective needs and preferences.

Keywords: Art, cultural code, intentions, archetype, utility, Antiquity, Greece, Rome, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the New Age, music, architecture, sculpture, painting, church, nobility, aristocracy, burghers, Baroque, Rococo, Classicism, Realism.

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