A DECLINE OR REVIVAL OF THE EASTERN ORTHODOX CANON?

CHANGES IN CHRISTIAN ART IN OUR COUNTRY AFTER THE LIBERATION

Authors

  • Chavdar Popov National Academy of Art

Keywords:

art after the Liberation, academic art, Christian art

Abstract

The present article focuses onto certain important features of the historical development of Bulgarian painting at a time which marked the boundary between two epochs that played a pivotal role in our nation’s evolvement. The significant transformations that painting in general and Christian art in particular (mural and icon painting) underwent in result of the profound social, political, economic and cultural changes, taking place in our country after 1878, are representative both of processes within the development of fine arts, as well as of the public perceptions of the new directions and trends that emerged within fine arts.

It is only natural that these changes occur in relation to the strongly pronounced and determined re-orientation of Bulgaria towards the model set by the developed European countries. This shift is easy to comprehend from a socio-psychological and cultural point of view and, in addition, it is inevitable from the perspective of historical development.

Author Biography

  • Chavdar Popov , National Academy of Art

    Chavdar Popov is a Doctor of Аrts Sciences and holds the academic title of Professor. He has been a longtime lecturer at both Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” and the National Academy of Art.

    Chavdar Popov conducts research in the spheres of 20th century art, theory of visual and plastic arts, as well as methodological issues of History of Art.

    He has published over 400 studies, articles and papers in various periodicals and catalogues in Bulgaria and abroad. He curated exhibitions of contemporary Bulgarian art in a number of countries (Serbia, Poland, Russia, Republic of North Macedonia, Yemen, Romania, Germany, China, Cyprus, Brazil, Algeria, the United Arab Emirates, Angola, France, Morocco, the Netherlands and England).

    E-mail: chavdar.popov@gmail.com

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Published

2021-01-04

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2020): VISUAL ARTS AND MUSIC

Section

Visual Arts / Plastic Arts