Urbani izziv Volume 34, No. 1, June 2023
: 92-106
(Articles)
UDK: 72:7.035.93(477Poltava)
doi: 10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2023-34-01-03
Author
Tetiana Savchenko
Poltava National Technical University, Institute of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Land Management, Department of Town Planning and Architecture, Poltava, Ukraine
stv-26@ukr.net
Liudmyla Shevchenko
Poltava National Technical University, Institute of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Land Management, Department of Town Planning and Architecture, Poltava, Ukraine
Ls.shevchenko@ukr.net
Title
National character in Poltava architecture
of the beginning of the twentieth century
Abstract
Ukrainian Art Nouveau is considered in the context of
the pan-European development of Art Nouveau in the
architecture of the late nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries. This stylistic direction is a demonstration of
the self-identification of nations. It is hypothesized that
the development of Ukrainian Art Nouveau in the architecture of Poltava at the beginning of the twentieth
century expresses the identity of the place and national
identification of the population, and is a reflection of
national consciousness through architecture. This article
defines and illustrates the special features of Ukrainian
Art Nouveau as a manifestation of national character in
the architecture of Poltava at the beginning of the twentieth century. The research was conducted using a cultural
studies approach in the context of the general cultural
development of the city. The general characteristics of
the stylistic development of Poltava architecture at the
beginning of the twentieth century are presented, and the
place of Ukrainian Art Nouveau in the polystylism of the
research period is revealed. The influence of Ukrainian
Art Nouveau from the beginning of the twentieth century on the further development of Poltava architecture
is analysed.
Key Words
Ukrainian Art Nouveau, place identity, polystylism, national traditions, patterns of folk architecture forms