Tatiana Tairova
Saint Petersburg State University, Russia
Ukrainian Baroque dominated in the art and culture of Ukraine in the early modern period, including architecture, literature, painting, theater and education. The Western system of education in its baroque form was also adapted in Ukraine.
Ukrainian baroque inherited many features adopted in the West, although they had their own originality. Particularly one can notice the influence of the Italian school. This is clearly seen at the fronts of the building silhouettes, elements of decoration of houses, form of angel in painting. Many Ukrainian architects studied in Italy, engravers — in Lithuania and Germany. They used many methods adopted by the Western masters. However, samples of Ukrainian baroque are independent works, based on national traditions. As a distinguished art historian I. Grabar wrote, “Ukraine created its baroque, taking from the West all the elements of its shape, but reworked them in its own way; as a result something new appeared, different from what we see in the West, something very unique”.