Ukrainian folk motifs: the practice of application in children's book illustration of the twentieth century

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to reveal and generalize the compositional and figurative features of illustrations by Ukrainian artists of the twentieth century and concretization of ways and means of using Ukrainian folk traditional motifs in the structure of the illustrative series of children's books. The research methodology is represented by general scientific and special methods. In the study of literature and empirical material, the basic methods were analysis, synthesis, comparative, empirical, and systematic methods. The method of compositional analysis, visual-graphic, comparative and descriptive methods were used to identify figurative and compositional characteristics. The scientific novelty of the work lies in a comprehensive analysis of Ukrainian children's book illustrations of the twentieth century and identifying key ways to form an identity through the use of motifs of Ukrainian folk art. The main components of creating a national type of illustration are considered - semantic (content forms the main thematic line); figurative (the image is manifested through the personification of inanimate nature, ornamental symbols, emphasized nationality of the heroes, regional originality of the landscape), and formal (the form is determined by the peculiar composition, color, and plastic language).

Key words: book, illustration, folk art, content, image.