Open AccessRUSSIAN ANIMAL ART OF THE XIX-XX CENTURIES IN THE VIEWS ON THE WORLD OF FLORA AND FAUNA
Author(s) -
Irina V. Portnova
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
dom burganova. prostranstvo kulʹtury
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2618-7965
pISSN - 2071-6818
DOI - 10.36340/2071-6818-2021-17-4-49-61
Subject(s) - civilization , value (mathematics) , environmental ethics , wildlife , fauna , aesthetics , history , sociology , ecology , philosophy , archaeology , machine learning , biology , computer science
The article dwells on views of artists-animalists of the XIX-XX centuries on the wildlife world. The worldview questions are considered as a factor of the value of the interconnection of human and wildlife world which is predetermined by the historical situation. The author underlines the indispensable role of the animal in the development of human civilization. So, this implies an ethical attitude towards nature as a unique value. It was also noted that the moral and ethical basis of this relationship, that became actual in the era of global change and the crisis of the ecological situation, was contributing to the formation of ecological way of thinking as the reality of the New time. According to the artist-animalist’s worldview, an animal looks beautiful, its behavior is expedient, that has a beneficial impact on human. The interconnection of artists’ points of view and the way how they see the animalistic image from the position of humans of the New time are also considered in this article.