FEMALE IMAGES OF UKRAINIAN WOMEN IN THE WORKS OF ILLUSTRATORS, DESIGNERS OF BOOKS AND MAGAZINES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to study the peculiarities and details of the appearance of the girls from the «cover» of the twentieth century, in particular: what was different and what was common in the images of the Ukrainian and foreign masters while working on the cover of books and magazines as well as to determine the functions of women’s image in Ukraine and other countries. The methodology of the research is based on the use of cultural, structural, comparative, and analytical methods of study of female images in the works of illustrators, book publishers and magazines of the 20th century. Scientific novelty consists in expanding the notion of female images in the cover pictures of books, illustrations for articles and fashion magazines of the twentieth century. A comparative analysis of the images of Ukrainian girls and foreign women gives us an idea of the different levels of development and self-sufficiency of women of that time. Conclusions. The article examines the stereotypes of women's images and forms a special type (or rather types) of representation of the female body on the covers. It studies «traditional images» of women, the subtleties of appearance of female images on magazine covers and identifies relevant images for drawing portraits on the cover.