Textile plot drawings of the 1920s and 1930s: substantive and formal aspects

The article examines the uniqueness of the narrative design in domestic textiles of the 1920-1930s. Subject of the study: substantive (figurative-thematic) and formal (means of artistic expression) aspects of narrative compositions of domestic printed fabrics of the 1920-1930s. Object of the study: samples of domestic printed fabrics of the 1920-1930s with narrative designs. The purpose of the article is to identify and analyze the substantive and formal aspects of narrative designs of domestic printed fabrics of the 1920-1930s. In achieving this goal, the author examines the figurative and thematic components of narrative designs of fabrics (the embodiment of the history and ideology of the post-revolutionary period, features of the display of national themes, intergenre interaction in narrative scenes). Particular attention is paid to the means of artistic expression, in particular the methods and forms of subject and conventional depiction. The methodology of the conducted research is based on the understanding of the category of "artistic style", developed in the domestic philosophy and theory of art (V.P. Bransky, V.G. Vlasov, E.N. Ustyugova), as a certain substantive and formal integrity formed in the context of its historical era. The author used the methods of formal-stylistic, iconographic, cultural and historical analysis. The novelty of the study lies in the attempt to highlight the formal and substantive aspects of the organization of the artistic integrity of the plot patterns of domestic printed fabrics of the 1920-1930s, which has both theoretical significance (use of the proposed methodology in further studies of the history of textiles) and practical value (use of the results in modern practice of fabric ornamentation; in the field of training textile designers). The main conclusions of the study are as follows: 1) plot compositions constitute a significant part in the art of fabric ornamentation of the studied period, being a figurative reflection of the era; 2) narrative drawings had a dual character: a combination of thematic unity of narrative compositions and the diversity of the formal character of the drawing; 3) in new subjects of textile drawings it is possible to identify characteristic substantive features that connect them with fine art; 4) formal features are characterized by a variety of artistic approaches in solving common themes associated with new subjects, which allows us to note the simultaneous coexistence of the traditions of realism and avant-garde trends in the style of narrative drawings.

soviet art, artistic textiles, printed fabrics, propaganda textiles, Soviet propaganda chintz, textile pattern, plot drawing, ornament, avant-garde art, traditions of realism