Ukrainian and European Baroque in the Context of “Sister Arts” Idea

Abstract

The article deals with the “Sister Arts” tradition as the interrelationship of various art forms (poetry, fiction, painting, theatre, music etc.) relative to the Baroque period. “Sister Arts” criticism, based on E.G. Lessing essay “Laocoцn…” uses the inter-art analogies to appreciate the importance of literature in the Arts, as well as to comprehend aspects of the modern approach to the synthesis of the arts. The article presents the aesthetic concept of Baroque art and its realization in architecture, sculpture, decorative and applied arts, music and literature on the background of the European and Ukrainian cultural tradition