Creative concept of R. Wagner’s Gesamtkunstwerk as an art that models reality
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The purpose of the work is to analyse the basic principles of R. Wagner's theory about the universal model of art in terms of its philosophical and aesthetic justification and practical implementation in a number of cultural projects of subsequent historical periods as a model that generates reality. The methodology is based on analytical, comparative, historical, and descriptive research methods. The analytical method is used for deeper insight into the philosophical and social essence of the concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk. The comparative method weighs the model of universal work of art in its primary form with its transformed variants. The use of the historical method is necessary to trace the development of the idea of a synthetic work of art in different historical periods. The study of the Gesamtkunstwerk requires the use of a descriptive method, since its origins of the period of romanticism are closely related to ancient drama and mythology. The scientific novelty is to consider the Gesamtkunstwerk as an artistic model, which gives rise to reality on the basis of a socio-aesthetic concept, the ultimate goal of which is the spiritual rebirth of mankind and the construction of a harmonious perfect society through artistic means of art in organic synthesis of its species. Conclusions. As a result of the analysis of the examples of interpretations of the Gesamtkunstwerk, the author concludes that the tendency of fusion of different types of arts and their existence in a coherent artistic and creative form, which is observed in the XXI century, allows to rethink the romantic idea of socio-aesthetic synthesis regarding the possibility of its adaptation and considering it as a model that generates reality
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