Images of small plastic as part of the space of Soviet everyday life

Abstract

Studies of daily culture today have become an important part of historical and cultural studies. Private details, as structural elements of the home space and everyday life, are in priority in usual area exploring. Works of small plastic are such details. The study of the complex of works, stylistic features, places in the house area and links with cultural and historical processes are based on the integration of historical, cultural and art studies.The images of small plastic, created on the motives of the poem by Alexander Pushkin “Bakhchisarai fountain” and the ballet of the same name by Boris Asafievare the articlefocus.Three trends in the development of artistic images in the art of porcelain, bronze and cast iron are documented on the basis of an analysis of the works by Natalia Danko, Elena Janson-Manizer, Olga Taezhnaya-Chechuina, Anatoly Kiselev, VladislavShcherbiny (1920–1970 years). In addition, the scientific interest is the study of the place of works of small plastic in the space of everyday culture.The article highlights three aspects of this study: 1) the artistic component of industrial art works, 2) their place in the typical interior area, 3) studying the processes of popularizing the ballet art as a strategic direction of the Soviet cultural policy.