About the authors
| First name, Middle name, Last name, Scientific degree, Scientific rank, Current position. Full and brief name of the organization, The organization address. | Lyayla Sh. Sayfullina, associate professor, Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering, Kazan, Russian Federation Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , ORCID: 0009-0006-8052-4227 Niyaz R. Sirazeev, Kazan State University of Architecture and Engineering, Kazan, Russian Federation Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , ORCID: 0009-0003-4970-3137 |
| Title of the article | Soviet monumental sculpture in the urban space of the city of Kazan |
| Abstract. | Problem statement. The phenomenon of Soviet monumental sculpture is quite actively problematized in modern architectural and art historical discourse and is included in the sphere of scientific interests of many researchers. The article is devoted to a comprehensive review of the Soviet monumental sculpture of Kazan as an artistic and urban planning phenomenon. The object of the research is represented by the most significant monuments for the urban environment, characterized by highly artistic plasticity, involved in the organization of spaces and the formation of certain semantic fields. At the same time, special emphasis is placed on the sculptural component integrated into the current urban planning situation of the historical center. The aim of the article is to establish general universalizable patterns in the development of Soviet monumental sculpture in Kazan. Research objectives: it is necessary to characterize the specifics of the interaction of monuments with their architectural environment; to analyze the formal and plastic properties of works of sculpture; to consider the genre and thematic diversity of the Soviet monumental sculpture of Kazan. Results. The iconic objects of the Kazan monumental sculpture of the Soviet period are considered, general patterns in the development of this direction of architectural and artistic thought are highlighted, and some individual features of the monuments are also described. In addition, in each individual case, an ideological and semantic reconstruction was carried out following the urban concept of genius loci. In the framework of a retrospective study, an important aspect was the artistic process itself in its relation to the paradigm of socialist realism. Conclusions. Based on the conducted research, it seems possible to classify the Soviet monumental sculpture of Kazan according to three main parameters: the compositional and urban planning role, the nature of statuary plasticity, genre and thematic affiliation. |
| Keywords. | sculpture, monument, statuary, memorial complex, architectural environment, synthesis of architecture and sculpture, compositional dominant |
| For citations: | Saifullina L.Sh., Sirazeev N.R. Soviet monumental sculpture in the urban space of the city of Kazan // News KSUAE, 2024, № 2(68), p. 221-242, DOI: 10.48612/NewsKSUAE/68.19, EDN: RPRCOO |
