Архетипни образи на жената в българския модернизъм и иконографията на сецесиона – образът на Саломе
Women’s archetypal characters in Bulgarian modernism and the iconography of secession – the character of Salome

Summary/Abstract: The present text takes an interest in the archetypal images of the Woman in the modernistic discourse – the melancholic woman, the heavenly woman, the sinful woman. It studies the way the Biblical character of Salome functions in the decorative stylizations of symbolism (The Town by N. Rainov, Salome’s Shadow by T. Trayanov, Salomeya by Emanuil Popdimitrov, and Salome by Al. Balabanov) and also the iconography of Secession (paintings by Gustav Klimt, Franz von Stuck, Aubrey Beardsley’s illustrations of Salome by Oscar Wilde). We search the practical usages of European cultural dialogues: the modern interpretation of the character of Salome in the context of the idea for the synthesis of arts and at the same time the author interprets the processes in juxtaposition with an accent on dance, excess and floral motifs.

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