THE INFLUENCE OF THE NATIONAL MENTALITY ON THE MONUMENTAL WORKS OF SARGIS BAGHDASARYAN

Monumental art can have various manifestations. The sculptor's creative work is meant to give people an additional spiritual charge. Therefore, the responsibility of the artist towards the people is great, which expects from the artist emotional intensity, communication of high spiritual values. The high ideological and artistic qualities and the individual mastery of the sculptor are the main criteria for the creation of lasting creative values. In the article, it is justified that Sargis Baghdasaryan was able to successfully put the profile of the national mentality formed during the centuries-long struggle for existence of the Armenian people into the basis of his monumental sculptures and obtain works that do not lose their modernity going into the future.