BIBLICAL ALLEGORIES OF LESYA UKRAINKA IN CONTEXT OF BIBLICAL GRAPHICS OF EPHRAIM MOSES LILIEN

A new unique edition of selected works of Lesya Ukrainka “Vze bluzko ray, Zemlya
obitovana” was published in celebration of 150th anniversary from the date of her
birth in Kyiv. The works on biblical topics of Lesya Ukrainka, classical author of
Ukrainian literature, are tightly interconnected with the biblical illustrations of
Ephraim Moses Lilien within the pages of this edition. The author analyzes herein
what this interconnection may bring to the audience, which human senses, as well as
historical and cultural concepts it may inspire.
Key words: biblical allegories, biblical graphics, Ukrainian poet, Jewish artist,
anniversary of Lesya Ukrainka, modern style, neo-romanticism, modernism.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17721/2520-6346.2(61).150-164

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