Historical accidental font in the works of artists of the "Culture League"

Abstract

The subject of the study is the historical accidental font used in the works of members of the Jewish art organization. "Culture League".The object of the study is the accidental font as an instrument of semantic and stylistic definition of these works within the framework of Jewish culture. The research uses methods of analysis of visual symbols in the works of members of the art section of the "Culture League" and their semantics, methods of synthesis and historicism in the formulation of the definition of historical accidental font. On the basis of the studied works of A. G. Shitsgal, T. O. Ivanenko, V. I. Lesnyak, the definition of historical accidental font is formulated; on the basis of the works of A. Amishai-Maisels, G. Kazovsky, B. Khaimovich, the prerequisites for the emergence of the Jewish artistic avant-garde and the foundation of the association "Culture League" are determined; works on avant-garde stylistics and semiotics of Jewish art by I. A. Sergeeva, O. A. Lagutenko, E. Frenkel made it possible to carry out a semantic and stylistic analysis of the accidental font in the works of artists of the "Culture League". The main conclusions of the study are: 1. The historical accidental font is a marker of a certain epoch and ethno-national culture. Its application allows artists to convey at the semiotic level not only the verbal meaning of the text, but also to expand its meaning to a global, socio-cultural level. 2. The Jewish association "Kulturliga" was part of the global artistic avant-garde of the first third of the twentieth century. The main goal and program of the association was the development of Jewish culture using new stylistic methods in the spirit of the times, with the use of avant-garde styles. The accidental Jewish traditional font was a clear indication that the work belonged to the Jewish branch of the artistic avant-garde. A special contribution of the authors is the formulation of the definition of "historical accidental font". For the first time, the authors analyzed the use of accidental font in the works of artists of the "Culture League". Keywords: historical accidental font, "Culture League", avant-garde, cubo-futurism, expressionism, Jewish shtetl.