Kosytska S. Evolution of Ukrainian Paper Cutting Art in the XXth to Early XXIst Centuries: Artistic Centres, Traditions, and Innovations

The thesis investigates the evolution of Ukrainian paper cutting art in the XXth to early XXIst centuries as a constituent part of Ukrainian artistic culture. New materials on paper ornament cutting out among Jewish and Crimean Tatar peoples are introduced into science. There is submitted an artistic and functional role of pieces of paper cutting handiwork within conventional interior of rural abode, there are considered the centres and figures of Ukrainian artists. There are analysed common traits and regional features of widespread forms, motifs, colours of paper ornaments. There are also described traditional and innovative manifestations in the creative activities of folk masters, amateurs and professional artists.