GESAMTKUNSTWERK AS A FORMULA FOR CREATING ARTISTIC CHARACTER IN ARCHITECTURE BY VOLODYMYR POKROVSKY

Abstract

. The concept of architecture as Gesamtkunstwerk exemplifies a model for creating an artistic building’s character. This article explores how it is reflected in non-ecclesiastical edifices of Volodymyr Pokrovsky (1863–1924) during the cultural Renaissance of the early twentieth century in Ukraine within the context of the fin de si è cle’s architecture.