Поэтика образа цветущей сирени в русском искусстве конца XIX – начала XX века

Abstract

The Lai Yuege article «The symbol and image of lilacs in painting , literature and music of the late XIX - early XX century» gives an art criticism analysis of works of artists created in the style of realistic painting in the plein-air, Art Nouveau and its associated symbolism (Serov, Vrubel, Zhukovsky ). Examined in detail the content and form of Serov’s paintings «Open the window. Lilacs» (1886) from the collection of the National Art Museum of Belarus. It is shown that the image of lilac was one of the significant in painting, music, poetry.