BATTLE WITH THE MONSTER: PAGAN, CHRISTIAN AND POSTMODERN VERSIONS, DEPICTED ON THE OBJECTS OF JEWELRY ART

Authors

  • Iryna Udovychenko The National Museum of Ukrainian History

Abstract

Diachronic analysis of the composition “Battle with the Monster”, depicted on the objects of jewellery art, is conducted in the research. The change in perception of the monster’s nature and the purpose of the struggle with it is demonstrated. The search for interpretations and narrative sources is conducted, which correspond to the images of the battle on the ancient jewellery and compositions of the Christian and Postmodern eras.

Key words: philosophy of jewellery art, battle with a monster, Postmodernism, Scythian age, Christianity, St. George, Archangel Michael, aberration of personality.

Author Biography

Iryna Udovychenko, The National Museum of Ukrainian History

senior research fellow, Department “Museum of Historical Treasures”, branch of the National Museum of Ukrainian History (Kyiv, Ukraine)

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Published

2019-06-22

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Удовиченко, І. (2019). BATTLE WITH THE MONSTER: PAGAN, CHRISTIAN AND POSTMODERN VERSIONS, DEPICTED ON THE OBJECTS OF JEWELRY ART. Scientific Bulletin of the National Museum of Ukrainian History, (4), 491-503. Retrieved from https://visnyk.nmiu.org/index.php/nv/article/view/330

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No. 4 (2019): Scientific Bulletin of the National museum of the History of Ukraine

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