Open AccessSublime in the works of Djura Jaksic
Author(s) -
Dušan Pajin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
theoria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-081X
pISSN - 0351-2274
DOI - 10.2298/theo2004159p
Subject(s) - sublime , romanticism , poetry , aesthetics , subject (documents) , painting , art , sacrifice , beauty , impulse (physics) , visual arts , literature , philosophy , computer science , physics , theology , quantum mechanics , library science
Some artists related to romanticism - like Djura Jaksic - were able to create a number of valuable works, in spite of the unfavourable environment - not being welcome, or being ignored - in spite of personal handicaps, as being poor, or sick - they would continue to create until their last days, without compromising. So, on one side we see their vulnerability and being subject to strong emotions, and on the other side an ironlike creative determination, ready to sacrifice the person, and its physical and emotinal wellbeing, if that is the price for creating sublime and majestic art-works. His works - poetry, as well as paintings - confirm a strong creative will - a will to create and articulate his work at any cost, and even at the cost of life, readiness of the artist to sacrifice himself for sublime art. In Romanticism, sublime permeates artists? personality, and mirrors in his creative impulse, and it also permeates his works, choice of topics and their processing.