The Integrity of the Artistic Image of the City Based on Symbolization (the Case of Modern Architecture of Dnipro, Ukraine)

Abstract

This article is a continuation of the study on the problems of forming an artistic image of the urban environment. The article proposes the author's original concept of constructing an artistic image based on symbolization, which is based on the fundamental works of famous philosophers. The purpose of the article is to determine the general provisions and principles of symbolization as the basis for the formation of a holistic artistic image of the urban environment, which has the potential for the philosophical content of architecture and allows you to design modern architecture, taking into account the historical context and heritage. Methodology: The study consists of a systematic, integrated and comprehensive analysis of the artistic image and symbolization of architecture and urban planning. The study used the analysis of literature, regulatory, information sources, graphic-analytical methods, photographs, and field research. The theoretical basis for the study was the works of outstanding philosophers and art historians (Plato, Plotinus, Aristotle, Hegel, Areopagite, Kant, Schelling, Goethe, etc.). The research was influenced by the symbolic trend in the visual arts, which was developed by Aurier, Gauguin, Moreau, Redon, Malevich, Kandinsky, etc. The views of the Symbolist poets were investigated (Mallarme, Rimbaud, Ivanov, Blok, Mandelstam, etc.). Studies of artistic imagery and symbolization in the theory of urban planning and architecture have been carried out in the works of Alberti, Ledoux, Bull, Lynch, Venturi, Jenks, Tange, Alexander, etc. The main components of the symbolization processes (analogy, scheme, allegory, symbol) are stated and characterized, as well as the principles of symbolization (communication, transformation, commutation, and metamorphism). All the proposed principles of symbolization are illustrated by the example of the formation of a holistic artistic image of the urban environment in Dnipro, one of the largest cities in Ukraine. The modern architecture of the city was studied and analyzed from the point of view of the use of symbolization in the creation of large urban ensembles. Conclusions: The proposed principles for creating an architectural and artistic image of the urban environment have a hierarchical essence of their generality, as well as the continuity of construction in relation to the general processes of architectural and urban symbolization. Their application will allow the architect to form new design solutions, which, on the one hand, are aimed at preserving culture, heritage, and history, but at the same time allow generating something new - the architecture of the future.