« 2017. #5 (137)

The Ethnology Notebooks. 2017, 5 (137), 1156—1161

UDK 75.03 (477.8) “18”

DOI https://doi.org/10.15407/nz2017.05.1156

THE BEGINNING OF THE FORMATION OF A NATIONAL IDEA IN THE WESTERN UKRAINIAN PAINTING OF THE LATE 19th AND EARLY 20th CENTURIES

Bobosh Yaroslav Mykolaiovych, laboratory assistant

at the Department of Academic Drawing

at the Lviv National Academy of Arts,

Kubiiovycha Str., 38, Lviv, 79011, Ukraine.

Contacts: Tel. (032) 2761482; e-mail: office@lnam.edu.ua

Abstract. One aspect of the national idea in Western painting artist Julian Pankevych of the late XIX — early XX century is highlighted. The icon of Virgin Mary with Jesus, which is located in St. Elijah Borschiv villages in Lviv region is described. Found that village boy, the artist painted from the back, dressed in keptaryk with hands folded together, prays to the Virgin is young John the Baptist. The image of the Virgin Mary with Jesus recalls ancient iconographic type icons «admiration», which is distributed in the Western art of the Renaissance. Virgin Mary with Jesus often depicted with young John the Baptist.

Keywords: Galicia, Icon, Blessed Virgin Mary with Jesus, John the Baptist, Art.

Received 27.06.2017

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