Abstract
The article is dedicated to Ukrainian Art Nouveau architecture, which became a unique phenomenon in the development of late nineteenth and early twentieth-century architecture. Along with the reality that architecture in Ukraine evolved as a component of the European artistic movement, a distinctive architectural style was formed, based on the development of the traditions of folk architecture and ornamentation. This style produced much innovation in the shaping, decor, and ornamentation of buildings. Significant contributions to the development of architectural modernism in Ukraine were made by Opanas Slastion, Vasyl Krychevskyi, Yevhen Serdiuk, Oleksandr Verbytskyi, Serhii Tymoshenko, Oleksandr Lushpynskyi, Ivan Levynskyi, Dmytro Diachenko, and others. Ukrainian Art Nouveau architecture was represented by five main architectural styles: modernist, folkloric, rationalist, neo-baroque, and Vienna Secession. Due to an attainment of the possibilities embodied in the constructions, developed techniques, and in the design of interior space and external features — such as walls, roofs, doors and windows, columns and balustrades — this style formed its own expressive system, which included a significant number of socially significant types of buildings (dwellings, schools, hospitals, warehouses, government buildings, places of worship). The styles of Ukrainian architectural modernism have not exhausted their potential and may yet have a continuation in contemporary architecture and that of the future.
Highlights
In conditions of the integrative processes of world development and globalization, the need to research historical experiences in all spheres of life of the Ukrainian people intensifies
Art Nouveau architecture includes a set of architectural styles of the twentieth century, for which there is a decisive restoration of forms, constructions, and materials, a rejection of styles of the past, and a rational approach to solving the problems of internal spaces
Features of the architecture of the twentieth century were determined by the influence of a number of factors: intensive urbanization, industrial construction, and urban population growth, which caused the overcrowding of buildings, appearance of multiple stories, the reduction of greenery, etc
Summary
In conditions of the integrative processes of world development and globalization, the need to research historical experiences in all spheres of life of the Ukrainian people intensifies. The development of architectural modernism in Ukraine in the course of forty years (1903–1941) was complex, full of the aspirations of architects to establish themselves, develop local traditions, and rethink them according to the requirements of that time, and to create new forms, which would combine national and international features.
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