Decoding Biblical Ritual in Cultural Actions

Abstract

The purpose of the work is to indicate the compensatory content in Vasilkov's concept (according to A. Kanarskyi) of ritual-biblical traces in literary works and examples of fine art, based on a cultural approach to recognition. Research methodology is based on such methods as culturological interdisciplinary, analytical, comporative, historical and descriptive, art criticism and style, hermeneutic based on the aesthetics of Kanarskyi's compensatory. Scientific novelty of the research. For the first time in Ukraine, the positions of decoding biblical rituals in artistic actions were formulated on the basis of the philosophical concept of Kanarskyi’s recognition. Display in the concept of Durkheim, Vasilkov and Kanarsky in the art criticism dimension of the works of Shevchenko, Gogol and Storozhenko is also original. Conclusions. Approaches to the method of recognising biblical and ritual traces in the works of Shevchenko, Gogol and Storozhenko are outlined in the context of the ritual of sacrifice and hagiographic measurements of the presentation of the main character’s characteristics. Recognition of the compensatory action of transformation-dematerialisation in Storozhenko's painting «Premonition of Golgotha» takes place through the use of the watercolor technique in oil painting. The ritual root in artistic acts is recognised, which makes it possible to realise the significance of the cultural influence of art without the participation of a special aesthetic and artistic principle of capturing the significance of creative products. As an action, biblical rituals nourish plot conflicts, which are considered as the actions of characters in literary works and fine arts. As an idea, biblical rituals fertilise the structure of the image, plastic-textured embodiment and compositional standards. As a symbol of sublime life activity, biblical rituals inspire the dramaturgy of comparisons, in contrast to the life-like "development" of the theatre. As a component of being, biblical ritual forms the basis of works of art and leads to the recognition of a ritual genesis in them, "fertilising" them with the content and density of the ideological and figurative expression.

Key words: biblical rituals, recognition, compensatory, expressive means of literature and fine arts, works of art.