« 2017. #6 (138)

The Ethnology Notebooks. 2017, 6 (138), 1496—1502

UDK 7.03:745.51 (477.87)

DOI https://doi.org/10.15407/nz2017.06.1496

Received 16.11.2017

THE WOOD THAT UNITES: FOLK MOTIFS IN THE ART OF MASTERS OF ARTISTIC WOOD FROM THE VILLAGES OF VELYKYI BYCHKIV AND VYSHKOVO

Kozurak Mykola Stepanovych, senior research fellow

at the research sector of the Lviv National Academy of Arts,

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

Contacts: Tel. (032) 2761482 ; e-mail: niytochka@ukr.net

Abstract.  The article presents new research materials about carvers of Transcarpathians, collected in the expeditions 2016—2017, during which some little­known or completely unknown names of folk artists were recorded. In particular, the work of a number of master­carvers in Velykyi Bychkiv and Vyshkovo folk art centers is considered, and the original character of their works and practices of contemporary comprehension of folk traditions is highlighted.

Keywords: carving, folk traditions, monuments, cultural heritage.

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